Russia has again attacked Ukraine's southern Odesa region with a barrage of drones and missiles, leaving one person injured and port facilities damaged, authorities reported on Monday morning.
According to the Ukrainian military, Russia carried out the assault with 19 Iranian-made Shahed drones, two Onyx supersonic missiles and 12 other Kalibr missiles.
A submarine was also mobilised, it added. All the drones and 11 Kalibr were shot down by air defences, the army continued, revealing the seaside resort had suffered "significant" damage.An Onyx missile hit an "empty" grain warehouse at the port said army spokeswoman Natalya Gumenyuknoing.
Areas of Odesa were "actually destroyed", she noted. The army also reported warehouses and businesses were damaged by falling debris in the city's suburbs.Russian forces regularly target southern Ukraine, where crucial export infrastructure is located.Attacks have increased since Moscow abandoned a landmark grain deal in July that allowed Ukraine to freely send agricultural products over the Black Sea.