Russian forces killed two people in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv and launched a large-scale attack in Odesa, according to local officials and Ukraine’s air force. An overnight Russian attack on an apartment building in Kharkiv’s Saltivskyi district killed a 50-year-old man and a 66-year-old man, Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram. At least 21 people were wounded in the attack.

Multiple Regions Targeted

Photos shared by Syniehubov showed a gaping hole across four storeys of the building, with thick smoke billowing out; In the southern region of Kherson, Russian artillery killed a 61-year-old woman in the Berislavsky district early on Sunday, according to the regional prosecutor’s office. In the Dnipropetrovsk region’s city of Pavlohrad, an attack near a shopping mall wounded nine people, including four children, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X.

Zelenskyy also reported attacks on the Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, and Donetsk regions, as In Russia, the TASS news agency reported that Ukrainian drone attacks killed three civilians overnight in Belgorod.

Odesa Under Fire

Moscow also targeted the southwestern region of Odesa, a frequent site of deadly attacks; Russian forces launched a barrage of ballistic, antiship, and anti-radar missiles overnight, along with more than 200 Shahed drones, according to Ukraine’s air force. Missile and drone attacks were recorded at 22 locations, with remnants of downed missiles found at six sites.

TASS also reported attacks on fuel, lubricants, and military equipment depots in Odesa’s port; Zelenskyy said the attacks targeted Odesa’s energy sector, with repair work underway to restore power. At least eight people were injured, with residential buildings and the port sustaining damage. “This is, in particular, how Russia is systematically waging war against global food security,” Zelenskyy said, referring to the Odesa port’s role in exporting grain around the world.

Attacks on the port killed 28 people in the first three weeks of July alone, Governor Oleh Kiper previously said; Russia also struck two oil refineries in the northeastern region of Sumy, the Reuters news agency reported.