Death toll from missile attack on apartment building in Odesa region rises to 14

The death toll from a Russian missile attack on the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district of the Odesa region has increased to 14.

The Ukrainian State Emergency Service said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports.

The service added that as of 06:00, 14 people were killed in the rocket attack. Another 30 were injured, including three children. Employees of the State Emergency Service were also able to rescue seven people, including three children, from under the rubble.

On the night of July 1, Russian strategic aircraft flying over the Black Sea launched a missile attack on the Odesa region. According to the regional military administration, one missile hit a nine-story residential building, and another one hit a recreation center in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district.

One section of the nine-story building was completely destroyed.