Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa kills three, official says

A Russian attack ​on Ukraine's ​Black Sea port city of ​Odesa killed three, a local official said on Wednesday.

Serhiy Lysak, head ‌of the ⁠city's ⁠military administration, said on Telegram ​that three other people had been hospitalised ​after the attack.

Lysak said that residential buildings had been ​damaged in the ⁠attack, without ‌providing additional details.


Russia ​in ​recent days has stepped ⁠up attacks on Ukraine's deepwater Black ​Sea ports in the ​Greater Odesa cluster, which are vital to foreign trade and the country's wartime economy.

Regional Governor Oleh Kiper ‌said on Tuesday that two people were killed in ​an ​evening drone ⁠attack on port infrastructure in the region. A civilian vessel under ​a Marshall Islands flag had been damaged in the attack, he said.