Ukraine: ten dead in a missile attack on the Odessa region

Ten people were killed in a missile attack on the Odessa region in southern Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official announced overnight from Thursday to Friday.  

“The death toll in an apartment building has risen to ten,” Odessa region administration spokesman Sergey Brachuk said.

< p>The missile was fired by a “strategic aircraft” from the Black Sea.

“A missile hit a nine-storey residential building in the Bilgorod-Dniester region, about 80 km south of Odessa, he said.

Rescue workers initially reported six dead and seven injured, including three children, before raising the death toll to ten.

Further details will follow.