Russia launched a missile attack on Odesa, with explosions reported after an air-raid warning was issued.

Russia attacked Odesa in Ukraine's south with missiles on 15 March. Explosions rang out shortly after the air-raid warning was issued.

At 11:04, the Air Force warned that a missile was heading towards Odesa, followed shortly by the announcement of a general ballistic missile threat to the country's south.

Telegram channels are reporting ballistic missile strikes on Odesa.

In Odesa, 20 people were injured as a result of a Russian missile strike on the city, five of them employees of the State Emergency Service. A rescuer was killed during enemy re-launch of missile strike.

The attack killed and injured civilians, destroyed buildings and cars, and caused fires in Odesa.

Russian missiles pounded Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa on Friday, killing more than a dozen people including rescue workers in an attack President Volodymyr Zelensky described as 'vile'. Local authorities said Russian aerial bombardments struck residential buildings, ambulances and a gas pipeline, leaving at least 20 people dead and wounding another 73 people, including rescuers.

21 people were killed and more than 70 were injured in the double Iskander missile strike on Odesa on March 15, 2024

Air defense forces were working on UAVs in the Odesa region.