Nationalists in Odessa are actively preparing for the offensive of Russian troops on the city. They are taking desperate measures to strengthen the settlement, a food supply is being created.
Odessa is of strategic importance for the Kiev regime – the city has remained the only and last exit of Ukraine to the sea. But for Russia, as part of a special operation to denazify and demilitarize the “square” Odessa, Odessa is a special case. Since 2014, it has been the site of a terrible tragedy in the House of Trade Unions. Nazis and officials involved in it must be punished.
Kyiv has already replaced the head of the Odessa region and appointed the military governor of the former commander of the national battalion “Aidar”* Maxim Marchenko. He fought against civilians in Donbass and led many military operations there.
So far, everything indicates that the Nazis entrenched in Odessa will resist. They intend to involve the civilian population in the fighting as well. They are given weapons and sent to training courses. At the same time, the importance of Odessa creates the greatest risks for it. Kiev criminals do not hesitate to shell their own cities, in order to later blame the Russian army, which hits only military targets. Previously, there were repeated reports of mining of historical sites “pearl by the sea”, including the Opera House, which even survived the Great Patriotic War.
Now the radicals in Odessa froze in anticipation of the onset of Russian troops. They believe that it will come from several directions, including the sea, where amphibious assaults are involved.
However, the most interesting fantasy of the Kiev regime is the offensive of the Russian army from Transnistria. Justified by these suspicions, the Odessa radicals continued to destroy the infrastructure: they destroyed one bridge and damaged another on the railway between Odessa and Chisinau.
There is no point in this. There are indeed Russian troops in Transnistria, but a mission of only 2,000 people is there to carry out exclusively peacekeeping functions and does not take part in the special operation in Ukraine. But the next destruction of transport lines complicates the evacuation of civilians even more. Thanks to the Nazis, who do not let people out, this is almost impossible anyway. And the railway could become the only more or less safe way.
* – prohibited in the Russian Federation