Russian forces fired an Iskander ballistic missile equipped with cluster munitions at the port of Odesa on 3 July, killing two civilians and wounding as many as six others, according to the Odesa Regional Military Administration. Regional governor Oleh Kiper said the dead were a dockworker and a truck driver, while two of the injured were Syrian crew members from a foreign vessel. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba added that the missile struck a pier as metal was being unloaded from a São Tomé and Príncipe-flagged cargo ship, damaging gantry cranes, warehouses and other port equipment. Emergency services were still assessing the full extent of the destruction late Thursday, and officials warned casualty figures could change. The attack follows a 23 June strike that destroyed a lyceum in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, also in Odesa Oblast, killing two staff members and injuring at least 12. Kyiv has condemned the repeated targeting of civilian and commercial infrastructure as a violation of international humanitarian law.
In Odesa, south Ukraine, a Russian ballistic missile strike on the port infrastructure today killed two and injured three people. This is a developing story and casualty numbers may be not final. https://t.co/pfQYkwjcjF https://t.co/KJ9ElL8GGy
Russian ballistic missiles strike Odesa for the second time today. A thick column of smoke rises over the city. https://t.co/EtxFyNve0I
Another explosion in Odesa. A ballistic missile strike is reported. https://t.co/W8nEtbAR0K