Editor's note: This article has been updated with the latest number of casualties reported by the regional governor.
Russian forces hit a residential area in Odesa with a missile attack, wounding eight people, including two children, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper reported on April 20.
Ukraine’s southern regions, such as Odesa, are frequent targets of Russian attacks, damaging civilian infrastructure and causing multiple casualties among civilians.
The April 20 missile attack caused fires and destroyed several houses, from one of which a woman and a child were rescued, Kiper said on Telegram.
Two people received minor injuries, and a child was hospitalized, according to Kiper.
Later, he said that, according to clarified data, eight people were wounded in the attack, including another child aged four and an 80-year-old woman.
A Russian missile strike against Odesa the day before reportedly injured a civilian and damaged the city’s port infrastructure.
Daria Shulzhenko
