Russian missiles kill at least 19 near Ukraine's Odesa

Russian rockets on Friday hit an apartment block and a resort near the Black Sea port of Odesa, killing at least 19 people, Ukrainian officials said.

Russian missiles on Friday hit an apartment building and a resort near the Black Sea port of Odesa, killing at least 19 people, Ukrainian officials said.

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The missiles struck in the early hours of Friday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. 

Russian missile strikes kill 19 in Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say

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At least 19 killed

According to Ukrainian authorities, at least 16 people were killed and 34 wounded at the apartment building in the village of Serhiivka, and another three, including one child, died as rockets struck a nearby holiday resort. 

Kirill Timoshenko, an aide to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, said five children were killed in the Serhiivka block of flats, while eight people were rescued, including three children and a pregnant woman.

Meanwhile, three people, including two children, remained trapped under the rubble in the resort, Timoshenko also said. 

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'Russians react to failures on the battlefield by fighting civilians'

According to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Friday’s attacks on Serhiivka killed 19 people and injured 38, including six children. 

Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said: “The Russians react to failures on the battlefield by fighting civilians,” the PAP news agency reported.

Friday was day 118 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Source: IAR, PAP, Reuters