Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa wound 6, including children
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A damaged residential building following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on Dec 31.
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- Russian drone strikes in Odesa wounded six, including three children, targeting residential, energy, and logistical infrastructure.
- Two were wounded in Dnipropetrovsk and three in Russia's Belgorod, plus damage to a port and refinery in Tuapse.
- Zelensky denies attacking Putin’s residence, calling it a fabrication, and plans to meet allies in France for peace talks.
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KYIV – Russian strikes wounded six people in Odesa, including three children, the Ukrainian city’s military administration said on Dec 31.
“Drones attacked the residential, logistical and energy infrastructure of our region,” Mr Oleh Kiper, Odesa’s military administration regional head, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Two children aged eight and 14 were wounded in the attack, as well as a seven-month-old baby, Mr Serhiy Lysak, head of the city’s military administration, said in a separate Telegram post.
A 42-year-old man was also wounded and is in “serious condition”, he added.
In his latest update early on Dec 31, he put the overall toll at six.
Mr Lysak said residential, logistical and energy infrastructure was targeted, with parts of Odesa losing heating and water supplies.
Elsewhere, Russian drones wounded two men in the Dnipropetrovsk region, its military administration head Vladyslav Gaivanenko said on Telegram.
In Russia, meanwhile, two people were wounded in a drone attack on Tuapse in the Krasnodar Krai region, municipal leader Sergei Boiko said in a Telegram post.
The attack damaged a port berth and equipment at an oil refinery, as well as homes.
Munitions strikes left three people wounded in the Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.
The strikes came after Ukraine denied launching a drone attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has called Russia’s claim a “complete fabrication”, said he would meet leaders of Kyiv’s allies on Jan 6 in France in a bid to renew peace efforts.
The Kremlin said on Dec 30 that it considered the alleged drone attack on Mr Putin’s secluded residence in the Novgorod region to be a “terrorist act” and a “personal attack against Putin”.
But it said it could not provide evidence for its claim, as the drones were “all shot down”.
US President Donald Trump said on Dec 28 that a deal was closer than ever to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but reported no apparent breakthrough on the flashpoint issue of territory after new talks with the warring countries’ leaders. AFP
