Eight people were killed and 27 injured in a ballistic missile strike on the port infrastructure in southern Ukraine, the Odesa regional emergency service confirmed on Telegram on Saturday, December 21st.
The projectiles also hit a bus and the surrounding parking lot, where trucks and cars caught fire before being extinguished by firefighters.
The Ukrainian armed forces reported that Russia deployed a total of 51 drones and three Iskander-M ballistic missiles on Friday night at 15 locations across the country, with the port infrastructure in Odesa among the targets.
Authorities in the Kyiv region said Russia had previously bombed other Ukrainian sites with missiles and UAVs, while Ukrainian forces launched retaliatory strikes against oil and gas facilities, radar systems, and other military targets.
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