One dead, eight injured as Russian missile strikes Odesa’s port facilities

Kiper stated that two of the injured are in critical condition. All the victims are Ukrainian citizens working in the port area.

The strike damaged two civilian ships: the NS Moon, flying the Belize flag, and the Palau-flagged cargo vessel, OPTIMA. Kiper noted that the OPTIMA had already been hit during an attack just a week ago.

Additionally, the missile damaged port infrastructure, including a grain warehouse.

Earlier on Oct. 14, explosions were reported in Odesa, and the Ukrainian Air Force warned of an impending ballistic missile threat.

This follows a similar attack on Odesa Oblast by Russian ballistic missiles on Sept. 11, which left four people dead, including a teenager. Another ten people were injured in that strike.

Sergiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army (South), previously reported that Russian forces have increased the frequency of ballistic missile attacks on Odesa Oblast in an effort to disrupt the operation of sea corridors. Over the course of four days, three civilian ships were damaged.