Kharkiv and Odesa were targeted in Russian airstrikes on various regions of Ukraine overnight from Aug. 8 to 9. Two people were killed and 21 injured in Kharkiv, while 8 people were injured in the attacks on the city of Odesa.
Casualties from the attacks in Ukraine
Oleg Synegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, announced that 2 people were killed and 21 injured in the attacks on the city.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service also announced that 8 people were injured in the attacks on Odesa.
The Ukrainian Air Force Command said that 17 missiles and 202 UAVs were launched at different regions of the country overnight. It said Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 174 UAVs.
Statement on the ships in the Black Sea
Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Brovdi said that attacks were carried out overnight from Aug. 8 to 9 against three ships in the Black Sea alleged to belong to Russia's shadow fleet.
According to Brovdi's statement, an oil tanker and two dry cargo ships were hit in the attacks. Air defense systems and radars belonging to the Russian army were also targeted in different areas.
Russia's statement on Odesa and Chornomorsk
Russia's Defense Ministry announced that its forces had carried out attacks on the Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk.
The ministry said military property, fuel and oil storage facilities, and a cargo handling facility were targeted at the ports, which it said were used for military purposes. It also said fuel tanks in the settlements of Bilyari and Novyi Bilyari, northeast of Odesa Port, were hit.
Russia's Defense Ministry said that high-precision weapons launched from the air and ground, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, were used in the attacks.
