Odessa is hit by missile strikes. One person was killed and five injured when a shopping centre and a depot were hit, Ukraine’s armed forces say.
Russian forces backed by tanks are conducting “storming operations” at Mariupol’s Azovstal plant, according to Ukraine’s defence ministry.
The wife of a Ukrainian soldier fighting there tells the BBC he asked her to search for articles on how to survive without water, and said 700 wounded soldiers were trapped in the plant.
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In footage posted online by the Ukrainian military, firefighters could be seen treading through the rubble of what used to be a shopping centre and a warehouse.
Thick, black smoke filled the centre of the historic port. But because of the curfew the streets were empty when the missiles struck at 22:30.
The authorities say one person died and five more were taken to hospital.
The attacks happened late on Monday, the same day the president of the European Council had been in the city.
Charles Michel said he had seen silos full of grain, wheat and corn in Odesa that was ready for export – but blocked.
The threat to global food security was something highlighted by President Zelensky in his nightly address.
He said that without Ukraine’s exports dozens of countries… were “already on the brink of food shortages” and that the situation could “become, frankly, frightening”.
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