Ten people were killed in a Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official announced tonight.
“The death toll in a residential building has risen to ten,” said Odessa regional administration spokesman Sergei Bratchuk, adding that it was “a missile attack from a strategic aircraft from the Black Sea.”
“A missile hit a nine-story residential building,” the military said, adding that another missile hit an entertainment center.
“In one apartment, nine floors of a section were completely destroyed. Rescuers provided medical assistance to seven injured, three of whom were children,” Bratchuk said. said.
Earlier, it had been announced that Russian forces had abandoned the Serpent Island strategic outpost in the Black Sea, and a major victory for Ukraine could ease a Russian grain export blockade that was threatening to exacerbate world hunger.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Moscow had decided to withdraw as a “goodwill gesture”, showing that it did not stand in the way of United Nations (UN) efforts to open a humanitarian corridor that would allow grain shipments from Ukrainian ports.
Attack on Ukrainian shopping mall
At least 20 people were killed in a bomb attack by Russia on a shopping mall (26) in Kremenchuk, eastern Ukraine.
“At least 20 people were killed in the missile attack on the Kremenchuk shopping center,” said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
He also has 59 injured, 25 of whom were hospitalized in the bombing, and more than 40 reports of “missing persons who may have been at the scene” during the attack, according to him.
*with information from AFP
source: Noticias
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