At least 19 killed in a Russian attack near the city of Odesa

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Ukrainian authorities said Russian rocket attacks on a coastal area near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa killed at least 19 people, including two children, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.

Footage after Friday's pre-dawn attack shows the remains of charred buildings in the small town of Serhiivka, located about 50 kilometers southwest of Odesa. Ukrainian reports say the missiles hit a high-rise apartment building and a tourist area.

Ukrainian presidential official Kirill Tymoshenko said 19 people were killed, including two children. A spokesman for the Odesa regional government, Serhiy Bratchuk, said on the Telegram network that 30 others were injured.

VOA reports that the airstrikes followed the withdrawal of Russian forces from Snake Island on Thursday, a move expected to mitigate the threat to nearby Odesa. The island is located along a busy shipping lane. Russia took control of the island in the early days of the war in the hope of using it as a staging ground for an attack on Odesa. /CNA.al

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