Ukrainian officials said the combined attacks and Ukraine's own retaliatory drone strikes into Russia's Belgorod region left at least seven people dead and dozens wounded, according to wire reporting from ABC News .
Strikes Landed Across Eight Ukrainian Regions Overnight The overnight barrage was not confined to Odesa.
The geographic spread, eight distinct regions struck in a single night along with the Odesa barrage, reflects a pattern Ukrainian officials and independent trackers have described as an escalation over the past several weeks rather than an isolated event tied to any single provocation.
Ukrainian emergency services described residents trapped under rubble and multiple floors destroyed in the strike, consistent with the kind of damage pattern seen in past high-rise strikes in the same district.
The port has functioned as Ukraine's primary outlet for grain exports since Russia's initial naval blockade of the Black Sea in the war's opening months, a blockade that a UN- and Turkey-brokered grain corridor deal partially eased in 2022 before Russia withdrew from that arrangement the following year.
A massive overnight barrage struck 22 sites near Odesa and killed at least seven people across Ukraine and Russia. The same day, reporting revealed Ukraine is buying 70 American ATACMS missiles through Turkey — a workaround for direct US aid that ended under the Trump administration.