Ukraine war: At least one killed in new Russian strikes on Odesa

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic has been killed and 19 much injured successful caller Russian rocket strikes connected the larboard metropolis of Odesa, officials person said.

Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said 14 radical were hospitalised successful the blasts, including 4 children.

The humanities Transfiguration Cathedral was besides damaged by the strikes, the metropolis assembly said.

Moscow has been launching adjacent changeless attacks connected Odesa since it withdrew from a landmark atom woody connected Monday.

"Odesa: different nighttime onslaught of the monsters," Mr Kiper wrote connected Telegram. He added that six residential buildings - including respective flat buildings - were destroyed by the strikes.

Odesa's subject medication said that the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) was besides severely damaged.

The gathering is Odesa's largest Orthodox religion and was consecrated successful 1809. It was demolished by the Soviet Union successful 1939, earlier being re-built successful 2003.

In a video posted to societal media by the metropolis council, Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov could beryllium seen walking done rubble wrong the church.

Other clips uploaded to societal media showed a distressed antheral walking wrong the cathedral repeating: "The religion is nary longer .... Lord, person mercy."

The BBC was incapable to instantly independently verify reports of harm oregon the video.

The UN's taste agency, Unesco, has repeatedly urged Russia to cease attacks connected Odesa. The city's historical centre was designated an endangered World Heritage by the organisation earlier this year, contempt Russian opposition.

But successful an update posted to Facebook, Ukraine's confederate bid said Russia had targeted the Odesa portion with astatine slightest 5 antithetic types of missiles.

The caput of Ukraine's statesmanlike office, Andriy Yermak, repeated calls for much missiles and defence systems aft the latest onslaught connected Odesa.

"This is the undisguised panic of a peaceful city," Mr Yermak wrote connected Telegram. "The force indispensable beryllium deprived of the accidental to onslaught civilians and infrastructure."

Moscow has notably stepped up attacks connected the larboard metropolis since it withdrew from the UN backed atom woody connected Monday and Ukraine has accused it of targeting atom supplies and infrastructure captious to the deal.

A onslaught earlier this week destroyed immoderate 60,000 tonnes of grain, officials said.

Odesa is Ukraine's biggest port, and millions of tonnes of atom person been shipped from its docks nether the presumption of the deal.

The woody - brokered by Turkey and the UN - betwixt Russia and Ukraine was struck successful July 2022, allowing cargo ships to sail on a corridor successful the Black Sea.