Russian strikes killed at least three people in Odesa on Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities said, as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv to discuss defense cooperation with Ukraine.
Governor of the Odesa region, Oleh Kiper, said Russia had launched a “massive combined missile and drone attack” on the region for the fifth consecutive day, accusing Moscow of “deliberately targeting the civilian population” alongside industrial and port infrastructure.
A missile strike hit a residential high-rise, killing three people and injuring at least three others, while rescue workers pulled three residents — including two children — from the damaged building. “Cleanup operations are ongoing,” Kiper said, adding that investigators were documenting what he described as Russian war crimes.