Key facts
- Russia conducted a fifth consecutive day of missile and drone attacks on Odesa Oblast on July 15.
- A missile strike on an Odesa apartment building killed three people and injured at least six others.
- Across Ukraine, Russian attacks killed 12 people and injured at least 90 others in the past day.
- On July 14, Russia struck a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel in Odesa, killing two people.
- June saw the highest number of civilian casualties in Ukraine since April 2022, with 293 killed and 1,990 injured.
Russia launched its fifth consecutive day of combined missile and drone attacks against Odesa Oblast on July 15, killing three people and injuring at least six others in a strike on a multi-story apartment building. The attack also damaged non-residential buildings, a gas pipeline, a production facility, and a warehouse. Elsewhere in Odesa Oblast, a drone strike damaged a gas station. Governor Oleh Kiper stated that Russia is deliberately targeting civilian populations and infrastructure. On July 14, Russia struck a Marshall Islands-flagged civilian cargo ship in Odesa Oblast, killing two people and damaging its superstructure. This followed a July 13 strike on a Togolese-flagged vessel that killed five people. Across Ukraine, Russian attacks killed 12 people and injured at least 90 others in the past day. In Sumy Oblast, 13 people were injured, and three were killed and 17 injured in a separate attack. Kharkiv Oblast saw two killed and 10 injured, while Kherson Oblast reported one killed and 23 injured. Donetsk Oblast had one killed and seven injured, and Zaporizhzhia reported one killed and four injured. Chernihiv Oblast recorded one death from a drone strike and one injured, while Dnipropetrovsk Oblast had nine injured. A UN report indicated June was the deadliest month for civilians since April 2022, with long-range missiles and drones accounting for most casualties.