The Latest Breaking News from Odesa

Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in the Ukrainian port city.

Ukrainian emergency services say missile attacks have struck residential buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa region, causing deaths and injuries

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Russia’s night-time strike in Odesa comes after Ukraine expels Russian forces from Snake Island

Ukraine's army accused Russia of carrying out strikes using incendiary phosphorus munitions on Snake Island on Friday, just a day after Moscow withdrew its forces from the outcrop in the Black Sea. Russian missile strikes hit an apartment building and a resort near the city of Odesa early Friday morning,…

At least 19 dead after Russian missile strikes multi-story apartment building in Odesa; Russian forces withdraw from Snake Island in Black Sea

A Russian missile struck a multi-story apartment building in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa early on Friday, killing at least 10 people, a local official said.

Snake Island, a tiny piece of land in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, has taken on symbolic importance for both sides in the conflict. Ukraine said last week that it had won a major military victory on the island, an account Moscow disputes.

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"An Oniks high-precision missile launched by the 'Bastion' coastal missile system struck Artsiz airfield in the Odesa region."

A food warehouse in the Black Sea port of Odesa was destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Monday but no civilians were killed, the Ukrainian military said.