Russian forces struck Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region overnight on July 13, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The ministry claimed the strikes targeted port infrastructure in Chornomorsk that had been used to store military cargo.
Three people were wounded in Odesa in the Russian attack, the head of the city’s military administration, Serhiy Lysak, reported. The strikes hit the grounds of a motor transport company, setting buses on fire, and damaged four private homes.
Late in the evening on July 12, the head of the Odesa region, Oleh Kiper, also reported that one Russian drone hit the upper floors of a multistory residential building in the Odesa district and that another damaged the roof of a building supply store.
In the city of Zaporizhzhia, six people — including a child — were wounded in a Russian drone attack late on July 12, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported. Apartments on the second through fourth floors of an apartment building caught fire.
Across the Zaporizhzhia region, 13 people were injured in Russian strikes over the past day, and 11 multistory buildings were damaged, local authorities said.
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