Overview
- Ukrainian player Dayana Yastremska posted images and video showing her family’s Arkadia apartment block in Odesa was hit and largely destroyed in a strike she said was a Kalibr cruise missile.
- The Instagram posts include a striking image of an orange Roland Garros towel still hanging from the wreckage and were published after the overnight attack on September 12.
- Odesa regional head Oleh Kiper reported 37 people were injured and two were missing in the same wave of strikes and regional coverage said a baby was among the wounded.
- Yastremska tagged the WTA and ITF and urged them to view the images through Ukrainians’ eyes as a critique of sporting neutrality that allows Russian and Belarusian players to compete without national flags.
- The hit follows repeated strikes on Odesa since Russia’s 2022 invasion and builds on earlier incidents affecting Yastremska’s family, which could increase pressure on sports bodies and keep attention on civilian losses in the conflict.