WESTERN PERSPECTIVE

Russian missile kills three in Ukrainian port of Odesa

A Russian missile attack killed three people and injured three others in the Ukrainian port of Odesa early on Wednesday, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said.

Kiper, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the attack damaged civilian infrastructure.

He said the strike was carried out by a ballistic missile, but provided no further details.

Kiper and Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov had reported a series of loud explosions.

Reuters could not independently confirm the accounts. Russia says it does not deliberately target civilians.

On Monday, a Russian missile struck an educational institution in the city, killing five people.

Odesa has been a frequent target of Russian forces in the more than two-year-old war, with many attacks aimed at the city's port facilities.

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE

One woman killed, another one wounded in Ukraine’s shelling of Kursk Region village

A woman was killed and another one was wounded as a result of Ukraine’s shelling attack on the village of Kozino in Russia’s Kursk Region bordering Ukraine, the region’s governor, Roman Starovoit, said.

"Today, the village of Kozino came under shelling by Ukrainian troops gain. Two women received wounds. One of them died instantly, the other one was taken to hospital," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Starovoit, two civilians were wounded in the shelling attack on the village in the morning.

Reuters/Tass