Overview
- Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the Dec. 19 rocket attack on Odesa and its suburbs left eight dead and 27 wounded after an overnight update.
- The strike hit a port infrastructure site, with some victims in a bus at the blast center; parked trucks caught fire and nearby cars were damaged before firefighters put out the blazes.
- Zaporizhzhia’s regional administration reported artillery fire on Huliaipole in Pologivskyi district that killed a 69-year-old man and destroyed a private home.
- Regional officials later reported a separate strike in Pologivskyi that destroyed a house and wounded three civilians, identified as two men and a woman.
- Reports note frequent Russian attacks across Ukrainian regions using missiles, strike drones, guided bombs and multiple-launch rocket systems, which Ukrainian authorities and international organizations label war crimes as Moscow denies targeting civilians.