Russian forces struck residential, industrial, civilian, and business infrastructure in Odesa, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Zaporizhia, and Zhytomyr oblasts.
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Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck residential, industrial, civilian, and business infrastructure in Odesa, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Zaporizhia, and Zhytomyr oblasts.
Russian forces attacked the city of Odesa on the night of 16-17 September, damaging a high-rise residential building and injuring at least three people.
At other locations, Russian forces damaged warehouse buildings, a kindergarten, cars and garages.
In Odesa, a strike damaged a 19-story building and injured six people, including two children.
A Russian drone struck a high-rise residential building in Odesa, injuring at least three people, including a three-year-old child.
Local authorities reported three people injured in Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure in Odesa Oblast overnight, though no further specifics were given.
A Russian overnight strike hit a 19-story residential building in Odesa early Thursday, Sept. 17, injuring at least seven people, including a three-year-old child.
Apartments on the 14th through 16th floors were damaged or destroyed, according to the Odesa City Military Administration.
Russians carried out a massive attack on Odesa and Odesa Oblast in the night of September 17.
On the night of 17 September, Odessa came under attack from Russian forces.
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