Russia hits Odesa with ballistic missile carrying cluster warhead: nine people hospitalised

Russian forces used a ballistic missile fitted with a cluster warhead to strike Odesa on the evening of 7 July. Nine people have been hospitalised and infrastructure has been damaged.

Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration; Serhii Lysak, Head of Odesa City Military Administration

Quote from Kiper: "Once again, blatantly flouting the rules of international humanitarian law, Russian forces struck civilian areas in Odesa Oblast using a ballistic missile equipped with a cluster warhead.

The enemy's attack caused a fire to break out in a building on the premises of an industrial business. Vehicles also caught fire."

Details: Lysak reported that five people have been hospitalised, one of them in a serious condition.

Update: Lysak later reported that nine people have been injured in the Russian attack on Odesa.

Five people have been hospitalised. A 48-year-old man is in a critical condition.

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