A rocket attack by Russian forces on the port of Odessa, in southern Ukraine, killed three people and injured 13 on Wednesday, a military official said.
The three dead were employees of a merchant warehouse hit by a Russian Kalibr cruise missile, a spokesman for the Odessa military administration said on the Telegram messaging platform.
Another seven workers were injured and “there may be people under the rubble,” he added.
Four missiles were launched from a ship in the Black Sea, he added. In addition to warehouse workers, six people were injured elsewhere in Odessa, where a business center, an educational institution, a residential complex, restaurants and shops were damaged.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down two of the missiles, according to the military administration.
Moscow has stepped up nightly attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, while Kiev has launched a massive counter-offensive to try to regain areas held by Russian forces.
At least 11 people were killed in bombings early Tuesday in the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in central Ukraine.
Odessa has been bombed several times since the invasion began in February 2022. On June 10, three people were killed on the outskirts of the city in a fire caused by falling debris from ‘drones’ (unmanned aerial vehicles) destroyed by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses.
Source: DN
