ODESA, Ukraine. — Ukrainian officials are reporting a Russian missile strike in the port city of Odesa.
A statement on the city’s social media account says “infrastructure facilities” were hit Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says at least five people were killed in the attack, including a young child.
The President of the European Council took shelter from the missile strike in the middle of a meeting with the Ukrainian Prime Minister in Odesa. A European Union official told CNN that Council President Charles Michel and the Prime Minister were in Odesa on a video call with Ukrainian Zelensky discussing how the EU can continue supporting the country as it defends itself against Russia’s invasion.
Michel noted it’s Europe’s “moral duty” to aid Ukraine as much as possible.
Zelensky is urging the international community to prevent a worldwide food crisis by taking immediate steps to end Russia’s blockade of his country’s ports.
He said dozens of countries in different parts of the world are already on the brink of food shortages because they aren’t getting agricultural exports from Ukraine.
Zelensky said that’s a direct consequence of Russian aggression which he said can be overcome “only by the whole free world.”
