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Russian attacks wound 17, damage building in Ukraine’s Odesa, official says

By Thomson Reuters Sep 2, 2026 | 6:48 PM

Sept 3 (Reuters) – Russian air attacks wounded 17 people ​and damaged a ‌21-storey residential building in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of ‌Odesa ​early ⁠on Thursday, Serhiy ⁠Lysak, the head of the city’s military administration, said ​on the Telegram messaging app.

Of ⁠those injured, ⁠three are children, ​Lysak said in ​the post, which showed ‌footage of a building with its windows blown ⁠out.

In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a Reuters witness ⁠reported ‌an explosion on ⁠Wednesday evening, ​amid ‌continued Russian air ​strikes.

(Reporting by ⁠Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by Chris Reese, Clarence Fernandez and Christian ​Schmollinger)