At least eight people were killed and at least 18 others were injured Russian bombing today in Odessain southern Ukraine, according to a new report released by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
«Eight people were killed and 18 or 20 were injured“, Said Zelensky, during a press conference in Kyiv.
An earlier report released by the Ukrainian Emergency Management Agency put the death toll at six, including one infant and several injured.
According to Zelensky, “Seven rockets hit Odessa” today, one of which “hit an apartment building” and “two destroyed” by the Ukrainian air defense system.
The Ukrainian Air Force said in a Facebook post that Russian forces had launched series of missiles with Tu-95 bombers over the Caspian Sea.
Two rockets hit a military installation and two other apartment buildings, according to the Air Force. Two others were also destroyed by the air defense system, according to the same source.
“The only target of Russian missile strikes against Odessa is terror,” the Ukrainian foreign minister said in a Twitter message. Dmitro Koulempacalling for the erection of “a wall between civilization and the barbarians who attack peaceful cities with rockets.”
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