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Three Kinzhal missiles - Russia's new hypersonic missiles - were fired last night from a plane on a hotel in the Odessa area, also hit a shopping center with seven other missiles.
This was announced by Sergey Bratchuk, spokesman for the Odessa regional military administration quoted by CNN who geolocated and verified the authenticity of two videos circulating on social media and showing significant damage to the tourist facility in Zatoka.
Russian units attacked the city yesterday using submarines, ships and planes.
CNN says it is unclear why the hotel was affected and who or what it could host.
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Russian forces are conducting "assault operations" at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where hundreds of Ukrainian fighters continue to resist under attack.
This was stated by the Kiev Ministry of Defense, according to reports from the BBC.
An adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, said the Russian army had begun to besiege the factory after a UN convoy left the Donetsk region.
The Russians tried to blow up a bridge used for evacuations, he explained, to block the last remaining fighters inside.
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- There are at least one dead and 5 injured in Odessa following a series of Russian attacks in the last few hours.
In all, 7 old model rockets were launched - according to the Ukrainian Southern Operational Command quoted by Ukrainska Pravda - which caused a series of fires, including one in a shopping center, all of which are currently extinguished.
Eyewitnesses report at least four explosions in the city.
Later, a spokesperson for the Odessa OVA, Serhiy Bratchuk, told Hromadske that a fire had broken out in one of Odessa's shopping and entertainment centers following a missile attack last night.
Yesterday morning the Russians launched a missile attack on Odessa, also forcing Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and European Council President Charles Michel to seek shelter in shelters.
