At least one dead after Russia launches strikes on Odesa and Kharkiv

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP

Published connected 20/06/2025 - 12:39 GMT+2•Updated 12:41

Russian drones struck nan Black Sea larboard metropolis of Odesa and nan northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv overnight, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 person, Ukrainian officials person said.

The attacks against Odesa sparked fires successful respective flat blocks, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said.

Flames engulfed a four-storey residential building successful nan city, which partially collapsed and injured 3 emergency workers.

A abstracted blaze dispersed crossed nan precocious conception of a 23-storey high-rise, starring to nan removal of 600 residents.

In total, 1 personification was killed and 14 others were wounded successful nan overnight strikes against nan larboard city, according to Odesa’s location prosecutor's office.

At slightest 8 drones deed civilian infrastructure successful Kharkiv, injuring 2 children and 2 others, Ukraine's Emergency Service said. A further 4 group were wounded successful a 2nd Russian onslaught connected Friday.

Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 80 Shahed and decoy drones overnight, pinch Ukrainian aerial defences intercepting aliases jamming 70 of them.

More unit connected Russia

A Russian rocket onslaught connected a nine-storey Kyiv flat building earlier this week was a motion that much unit must beryllium applied connected Moscow to work together to a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Thursday.

The drone and rocket onslaught connected Kyiv early Tuesday, nan deadliest battle connected nan superior this year, killed 28 group crossed nan metropolis and wounded 142 others, Kyiv Military Administration caput Tymur Tkachenko said.

“This onslaught is simply a reminder to nan world that Russia rejects a ceasefire and chooses killing,” Zelenskyy wrote connected Telegram, and thanked Ukraine's partners who he said are fresh to unit Russia to “feel nan existent costs of nan war".

As Russia proceeds pinch a summertime violative crossed nan astir 1,000-kilometre beforehand line, US-led bid efforts person grounded to summation traction.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has efficaciously rejected an connection from US President Donald Trump for an contiguous 30-day ceasefire, making it conditional connected a halt to Ukraine’s mobilisation effort and a frost connected Western arms supplies.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday that nan day for nan adjacent information of bid talks is expected to beryllium group adjacent week.

Ukrainian officials person not precocious spoken astir resuming talks pinch Russia, past held erstwhile delegations met successful Istanbul connected 2 June, though Ukraine continues to connection a ceasefire and support US-led negotiated efforts to extremity nan fighting.

The 2 rounds of little talks yielded only agreements connected nan speech of prisoners and wounded soldiers.