The Latest Breaking News from Odesa

Fighting intensified on Saturday for Lysychansk, Ukraine's last bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, while blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the front lines.

The attack comes one day after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea.

Officials say raids hit a residential building and a resort near the Black Sea port, amid uptick in similar attacks.

The number of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine has more than doubled in the last two weeks and Moscow is using less precise Soviet-era missiles for more than half of the attacks, a Ukrainian brigadier general has said.

Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in the Ukrainian port city.

Ukrainian emergency services say missile attacks have struck residential buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa region, causing deaths and injuries

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Russia’s night-time strike in Odesa comes after Ukraine expels Russian forces from Snake Island

Ukraine's army accused Russia of carrying out strikes using incendiary phosphorus munitions on Snake Island on Friday, just a day after Moscow withdrew its forces from the outcrop in the Black Sea. Russian missile strikes hit an apartment building and a resort near the city of Odesa early Friday morning,…