Key facts
- Local authorities did not specify whether a drone hit the market directly, whether falling debris struck it or another weapon was used.
- Nine of the injured were hospitalized, including four in serious condition, Kiper said at around 1 p.m.
- The strike damaged residential buildings and cars near the market in central Chornomorsk, Kiper said.
- The November 11 attack was the second on Chornomorsk in three days, after a strike on a residential building on November 9.
Russian forces struck a market in central Chornomorsk in Ukraine's Odesa Oblast on November 11, killing at least three people and injuring eight others, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said.
An air raid alert sounded in the region at around 11 a.m. local time, and Ukraine's Air Force reported at the time that a jet-powered drone was heading toward Chornomorsk. Local authorities did not specify whether the market was hit directly by the drone, by falling debris or by another type of weapon.
At 12:30 p.m., Kiper said Russian forces had struck a site in the city center while it was crowded with people. The attack also damaged residential buildings and cars nearby. At around 1 p.m., Kiper reported that one person had been killed and at least 10 others injured, nine of whom were hospitalized, including four in serious condition.
Two more people later died in hospital, bringing the death toll to three, the local authorities said. The strike was the second time in three days that Russian forces targeted Chornomorsk; on November 9, they struck a two-story residential building in the city.