Russian missile strikes on Odesa residential area kill at least 18, says Ukraine

posted to his official Telegram channel shortly before 2am. “Unfortunately, there are casualties,” he said.

Bratchuk later said the missile attack was carried out by “strategic aircraft” from the direction of the Black Sea. “One rocket hit a nine-storey residential building, the other – in a recreation centre in the Belgorod-Dniester region,” he said. Three people – including a child – were killed in a separate attack on the recreation centre, with one injured, said the SES.Earlier this week, two Russian X-22 cruise missilesin the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday afternoon, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more.

The Ukrainian defence ministry said the attack was deliberately timed to coincide with the shopping centre’s busiest hours and cause the maximum number of casualties. Ukraine’s president,The attack comes after Ukrainian forces, a strategic Black Sea island off the southern coast near the city of Odesa.

Russia portrayed the pullout from Snake Island as a “goodwill gesture”. Ukraine’s military said the Russians fled the island in two speedboats after a barrage of Ukrainian artillery and missile strikes.

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