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Russia destroys postal infrastructure in Odessa in another ballistic missile attack

After killing a total of nine civilians in two previous attacks this week, Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian port of Odessa again last night with ballistic missiles, this time destroying a warehouse and an office of Ukraine’s main private postal company, Nova Poshta.

According to a statement from the company, there are no employees killed or injured as a result of the attack, but 14 people outside Nova Poshta have been injured in last night’s attack, the third that Russia launches with ballistic missiles against the port of Odessa this week.

“The estimated value of the packages that were destroyed as a result of the attack will be refunded to customers in their entirety,” the company announced, which will send the shipments that were going to reach the hit infrastructure to another of its warehouses in Odessa.

Russian missiles have caused damage to buildings near the damaged postal infrastructure, according to the head of the Military Administration of the Odessa region, Oleg Kiper.

An Iskander ballistic missile launched on Monday in broad daylight by Russia against the tourist district of Arcadia, in southern Odessa, killed six people and set fire to part of a historic building known as ‘Harry Potter Castle’.

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According to the Army and the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine, the missile used by Russia in that attack was loaded with cluster munitions.

In videos released by the Ukrainian authorities, you can see the different explosions of the submunitions that make up this type of ammunition designed to cause as much damage as possible in an extended area.

More than thirty people were injured in this attack. Some of them walked along the stretch of the promenade that passes through the place where the explosions occurred.

Russia attacked Odessa again with ballistic missiles on Wednesday, causing the death of three people. The Russian Ministry of Defense said hours later, without giving more details about it, that it had reached the headquarters of the Ukrainian South Command, which is located in Odessa.

The port of Odessa is a common target of Russian missiles and drones. The city’s port and in particular the infrastructure dedicated to the export of cereals have been a priority target for Russia since last summer.

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Ukrainian authorities have warned that Russia seeks to decimate the Ukrainian economy and sabotage the daily lives of the inhabitants of Ukraine with attacks on civilian infrastructure such as the one that destroyed Nova Poshta’s warehouse and office last night.

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Zelenski urges global action after russian ballistic missile strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski called on the international community Thursday to “respond” to Russia’s ballistic missile strike on Ukraine, which he said has heightened the “escalation and brutality” of the conflict.

“The world must react. So far, there has been no strong response,” Zelenski lamented in a social media statement.

“We must act. We must pressure. We must push Russia towards real peace, which is only achievable through strength,” he added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Thursday that Russia had launched a new type of hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukraine in its “non-nuclear configuration.”

International

Elon Musk plans sweeping cuts to U.S. bureaucracy and spending

Elon Musk has pledged massive cuts to government programs, subsidies, and bureaucracy in his anticipated role as a “State Efficiency” leader, according to an article published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.

The billionaire entrepreneur plans to target hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending, including funds for public broadcasting and Planned Parenthood. Musk called government bureaucracy an “existential threat” to American democracy.

Teaming up with fellow businessman and Trump ally Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk aims to streamline federal regulations and implement significant administrative and cost reductions.

“We are entrepreneurs, not politicians. We will serve as external volunteers, not federal officials or employees,” Musk and Ramaswamy stated in the article.

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Putin warns of escalation, suggests strikes on western weapon suppliers

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the conflict in Ukraine is taking on the characteristics of a “global war,” warning that Russia might target Western nations supplying Ukraine with weapons used in attacks on Russian territory.

These remarks come after a day of heightened tensions, during which Russia launched a state-of-the-art medium-range missile designed to carry a nuclear warhead. However, this particular missile was loaded with conventional explosives.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the missile strike, calling it the action of a “deranged neighbor” using Ukraine as a “military testing ground.”

Earlier, Ukraine accused Russia of attacking the central-eastern city of Dnipro with a missile exhibiting “all the characteristics” of an intercontinental missile, an unprecedented development in the ongoing conflict.