Eight killed in Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Odesa port
Some of the injured were on a bus near the strike’s epicentre. Trucks and cars in the parking area were also damaged, and fires broke out.
Eight people were killed and 27 injured in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in southern Ukraine's Odesa late Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service reported on Saturday.
Some of the injured were on a bus near the strike's epicentre. Trucks and cars in the parking area were also damaged, and fires broke out, according to a Telegram post by the service. Odesa regional head Oleh Kiper confirmed that the attack involved ballistic missiles.
In a separate development, Ukraine said its forces targeted a Russian warship and other facilities using drones. The warship Okhotnik was patrolling near an oil and gas platform in the Caspian Sea, while a drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field, operated by Russian company Lukoil, was also struck.
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Ukrainian drones reportedly damaged a radar system in Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
