- Overnight Russian missile attacks killed three people in the Black Sea city of Odesa and three in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
- The missiles hit private houses in the cities and caused significant damage.
- Putin: No need for new mobilization, for now
- Says Ukraine’s counteroffensive has failed so far
- Putin: Russia may create ‘sanitary zone’ in Ukraine
Overnight Russian missile attacks killed three people in the Black Sea city of Odesa and three in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said.
The three killed in Odesa were in a retail chain warehouse that was set ablaze during an attack that damaged a business center, an educational institution, a residential complex, food establishments, and shops, Ukraine’s military said.
Video and photographs posted online by a local official showed multi-story buildings with parts of their walls missing and windows blown out, and firefighters battling flames in what appeared to be a warehouse.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, said two people had been killed in the city of Kramatorsk and one in the industrial city of Kostiantynivka.
“The missiles hit private houses in the cities and caused significant damage: in Kramatorsk, at least 5 private houses were destroyed and about two dozen damaged, in Kostiantynivka, two were destroyed and 55 damaged,” he said.
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that any further mobilization would depend on what Russia wanted to achieve in the war in Ukraine, adding that he faced a question only he could answer should Russia try to take Kyiv again.
More than 15 months since Putin sent troops into Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian forces are still battling with artillery, tanks and drones along a 1,000-km (600-mile) front line, though well away from the capital Kyiv.
Ukraine’s air force said it had destroyed three Russian missiles and nine drones during the overnight strikes, the latest launched by Russia since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
In the northeastern region of Sumy, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said four forest workers and two other civilians had been killed when their car came under fire on Tuesday in a forest close to the border with Russia.
The news agency could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in their military operations.
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that any further mobilization would depend on what Russia wanted to achieve in the war in Ukraine, adding that he faced a question only he could.
More than 15 months since Putin sent troops into Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian forces are still battling with artillery, tanks, and drones along a 1,000-km (600-mile) front line, though well away from the capital Kyiv.
(With inputs from agencies)
