2023-07-20 07:28:02
kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — A third night of Russian airstrikes over southern Ukraine, including the port city of Odessa, injured at least 21 people, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.
At least 19 people were injured in Mykolaiv, a southern city near the Black Sea, the region’s governor, Vitalii Kim, said in a statement on Telegram. The Russian attacks destroyed several floors of a three-story building and started a fire that affected an area of 450 square meters (4,800 square feet) and burned for several hours.
Two people, including a minor, were hospitalized, Kim added.
In the city of Odessa, at least two people were injured following a Russian airstrike damaged buildings in the city center and caused a fire that affected an area of 300 square meters (3,200 square feet), the governor of Odessa said. the homonymous province, Oleh Kiper.
The incidents came a day following an intense Russian drone and missile barrage damaged key port infrastructure in Odessa, including grain and oil terminals. The attack destroyed at least 60,000 tons of grain.
Kremlin attacks on southern Ukraine have intensified this week following Russian President Vladimir Putin withdrew Moscow from a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain to countries threatened by famine.
In Crimea, a territory annexed by Russia, “an enemy drone” attacked a settlement in the northwest of the peninsula, killing a teenager and damaging several administrative buildings, the Moscow-appointed governor said Thursday. the region, Sergei Aksyonov.
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