Poletti (Odessa Journal): ” Moskva? Humiliated Russians, cities on alert for possible missile attacks ”

“A huge symbolic effect, which certainly angers the Russians very much. This is why the military unit of the Odessa region has said that we are in a state of alert.” Thus Ugo Poletti, editor of the Odessa Journal, comments on the news on the Russian cruiser Moskva, pride of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which the Ukrainians claim to have struck. What is feared is the arrival of possible “missile attacks in retaliation”, an event that “our defenders do not want to overlook” and for which “they have informed all their batteries”, says the Milanese entrepreneur, editor of Odessa’s only English-language online newspaper. ” When an army is hit and humiliated, it usually responds ”, he adds, explaining that ” an attack can only happen from the air. Because on the land side and sea we are calm, not on the sky side. ” After the attack on Moskva, ” what the Russians can do is hit the defenses, hit the city. ” Go further, therefore, because ” so far the city has not they hit it, except for a refinery near the center, but in a non-residential neighborhood for which there were no victims. ” What is certain is that ” the concern remains because Odessa is always under attack. defenses, anti-aircraft batteries, many of the arriving missiles are shot down before they touch the city, but 10 are launched all at once someone passes. ” Reconstructing what happened on the Moskva, Poletti explains that ” a fire broke out on board the cruiser, which then sank because it disappeared from the radar. The Russian version is that it was a spontaneous fire, very difficult to justify on a cruiser of that importance. The Ukrainian version is that it was hit by two army missiles. ” And remember that “ that cruiser was very important, one of the flagship units of the Russian Navy, but it was also that ship that had attacked the island of the Snakes and towards which a Ukrainian soldier had addressed with that famous phrase, ‘go to that country’, which has become an iconic phrase, a slogan for the whole country against the Russians. ” But ” for the Russians it is useful to keep Odessa and the Odessa region under psychological pressure because this causes them to Ukrainian troops present in this territory remain here. If Odessa felt out of danger, some troops would be sent as reinforcements to the Donbass and to the east of Ukraine where the great battle is taking place. ” Meanwhile ” in Odessa there is concern and awareness that this city is vulnerable, especially from the air ”, explains Poletti, saying that compared to the first days of the war the situation in the city ” has changed for the better because it is understood that it is no longer vulnerable from land or sea. We are almost certain that any invasion will be very very unlikely because the Russians have not prepared enough means to do so. ”