Odesa and Kherson come under fire, Russia successfully test launches intercontinental missile

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It is day 621 of the war in Ukraine. Five people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa were wounded in shelling overnight.

Russian Defence Ministry announces successful test launch of intercontinental missile.

Mufti of Karachay-Cherkessia presents award to head of Chechnya’s 15-year-old son

Russian forces shell Odesa and Kherson overnight

Shelling has injured five people in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper announced on Monday morning.

“Five injured local residents have been hospitalised. Missiles struck the city centre and an industrial facility. Several multi-storey residential buildings and a museum in the historical part of the city were damaged,” the local authorities said.

Russian forces in occupied southeastern Ukraine shelled the city of Kherson several times from the occupied left bank of the Dnipro river overnight, the head of the city administration Roman Mrochko said.

“Residential areas in the centre were hit. Enemy shelling damaged apartments and a private house,” Mrochko said, adding that there had been no reports of casualties.

Russia’s Defence Ministry successfully test launches intercontinental missile

The Russian Ministry of Defence announced the successful launch of its Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine in the White Sea on Sunday.

The announcement came a day after Ukrainian military intelligence reported a number of failed Yars and Bulava missile tests in Russia, reporting that both types of missile had strayed off course, as they had done in previous tests.

Ukrainian intelligence also claimed the Russians were experiencing issues with the Sarmat missile, the development of which has been a key aspect in the modernisation of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces.

Mufti of Karachay-Cherkessia presents award to Adam Kadyrov

Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov’s 15-year-old son has been presented with the Order of Merit for the Ummah, according to Rashid Temrezov, the governor of Karachay-Cherkessia, another region in Russia’s North Caucasus.

The award is the latest of several for Adam Kadyrov since footage of him beating up a defenceless 19 year old accused of burning the Koran was released by his father.

He has already been given the title of Hero of Chechnya, and two days ago he was put in charge of security for Chechnya’s intelligence chief.