Friday 1 July 2022 02:03 AM Russian missile strike on apartment block in Odessa kills at least ten ... trends now

Friday 1 July 2022 02:03 AM Russian missile strike on apartment block in Odessa kills at least ten ... trends now
Friday 1 July 2022 02:03 AM Russian missile strike on apartment block in Odessa kills at least ten ... trends now

Friday 1 July 2022 02:03 AM Russian missile strike on apartment block in Odessa kills at least ten ... trends now

At least ten people have been killed after a Russian missile hit an apartment building in Odessa, Ukrainian officials have said.

The missile strike reportedly took place in the early hours of Friday morning in the southern region of the country.

'The number of dead in the apartment building missile strike has risen to 10,' said Odessa military administration spokesman Sergei Bratchuk, who added the missile had been fired by aircraft from the Black Sea.

'One missile hit a nine-storey residential building,' the army said, adding that another missile had struck a recreation centre.

'In an apartment building, nine floors of one section are completely destroyed... rescuers have already provided medical care to seven wounded, including three children.'

The southern region of Odessa is a strategic flashpoint, as it is home to Ukraine's historic port city of the same name. 

Pictured: At least ten people have been killed after a Russian missile hit a nine-storey apartment building in Odessa, a key port in the country, Ukrainian officials have said

Pictured: At least ten people have been killed after a Russian missile hit a nine-storey apartment building in Odessa, a key port in the country, Ukrainian officials have said

It comes a day after a separate Russian missile strike destroyed a residential building in the southern city of Mykolaiv on Wednesday.

The blast left at least seven dead and five wounded as the rescue operation continues.

Shocking video footage, from Wednesday, showed a missile hit the top corner of the block of homes, causing flames to tear through the top floor and leaving the upper part of the building completely destroyed. 

Hours later, Russian President Vladimir Putin has angrily denied his forces attack civilian infrastructure - days after Ukraine said Russian missiles killed at least 18 people at a shopping centre in the central town of Kremenchuk.

Russian President Putin scrambled to deny his army were responsible for the missile strike on the shopping mall earlier this week which also left

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