Key facts
- A World Health Organization warehouse in Dnipro was destroyed by a Russian strike.
- The warehouse contained humanitarian supplies for frontline health facilities.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned strikes on Odesa and other regions.
- Russia launched a "massive" strike on Odesa, targeting energy infrastructure, residential buildings, and the port.
- A Russian strike in Kharkiv killed two people and injured at least 21.
- A Ukrainian drone attack on Belgorod killed five people and injured 25.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged overnight missile and drone strikes, resulting in multiple casualties and significant damage, including the destruction of a World Health Organization warehouse storing humanitarian supplies.
Ukraine's emergency services reported that Russia launched a "massive" strike on Odesa, injuring at least eight people and targeting energy infrastructure, residential buildings, and the port. In Kharkiv, a separate Russian strike killed two people and injured at least 21, with emergency services rescuing seven people from a high-rise building. Three more people were injured in an overnight strike on the Zhytomyr region.
Meanwhile, five people died and 25 were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, according to the regional crisis centre. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attacks, calling for increased pressure, sanctions against Russia, and more air defense for Ukraine.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, stated that a WHO warehouse in Dnipro was destroyed by a strike on Friday. The warehouse held humanitarian supplies for frontline health facilities. A WHO staff member and drivers managed to evacuate approximately 130 pallets before the attack, and no casualties were reported among WHO personnel. Ghebreyesus emphasized that attacks on healthcare must stop to prevent people from being deprived of life-saving care.