At least one person has been killed and 19 injured in Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, officials have said, with the Transfiguration Cathedral in the Unesco world heritage-listed historic centre also badly damaged.
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BBC News writes:
… Regional governor Oleh Kiper said 14 people, including four children, were taken to hospital on Sunday after the blasts – that also destroyed six residential buildings..
Kyiv accused Russia of “destroying” the cathedral as part of a campaign to “systematically” harm the Orthodox Church in the country….
The damage is as colossal as the cathedral itself. The cracks along its walls represent the strain Odesa has found itself under after a week of constant attacks from the skies….
