Three people were killed and 13 wounded on Wednesday in a missile attack by Russian forces on the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine, a military official announced.
The three dead were employees of a commercial warehouse hit by a Russian Kalibr cruise missile, a spokesman for the Odessa military administration said on the Telegram messaging platform.
Seven other employees were injured and “there could be people under the rubble,” it added.
Four missiles were launched from a ship in the Black Sea, it added. In addition to the warehouse workers, six people were injured in other parts of Odessa, where a business center, an educational establishment, a residential complex, restaurants and shops were damaged.
According to the military administration, Ukrainian air defense shot down two of the missiles.
Moscow has stepped up nightly attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks as kyiv has launched a major counter-offensive to try to retake territories held by Russian forces.
In the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine, at least 11 people were killed in bomb attacks early Tuesday morning.
Odessa has been bombarded several times since the start of the invasion in February 2022. On June 10, three people died on the outskirts of the city in a fire caused by falling debris from ‘drones’ (unmanned aerial vehicles). ) destroyed by the anti-Ukrainians. aeronautical defense.
Source: TSF
