Rocket strike on Ukraine’s Odesa causes death, injuries

Kiev:  A rocket strike carried out by Russian forces hit Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa on Monday, causing deaths and injuries, the head of the Odesa military administration Maksym Marchenko has said on Telegram.

According to the operational command “South”, missiles hit the city infrastructure, damaging a religious building, Xinhua news agency reported.

Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko tweeted later that a 13-year-old child was killed, while a 17-year-old girl was seriously injured in the attack.

According to local media, there are other deaths and injuries in the attack.

–IANS

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