A Russian ballistic missile struck a civilian cargo ship flying the Palauan flag in Odesa port, killing one Ukrainian worker and injuring five foreign nationals.
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The enemy hit a civilian ship flying the Palauan flag with a ballistic missile. A 60-year-old Ukrainian, an employee of a private cargo handling company, was killed. Five other foreign nationals were injured.
A high-rise apartment building in Chornomorsk, Odesa oblast, was damaged in an overnight attack with Russian launched Shahed drones.
Overnight on Oct. 8, during yet another Russian drone attack against Ukraine, debris hit Kira Rodkina's residential building in Chornomorsk, a small southern city on the Black Sea coast. A fire engulfed one of the apartments where a family with children lived.
Russia has attacked civilian vessels in Odesa region ports with about 200 strikes since July 2023
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