Russia fired 42 missiles and 123 drones including decoys at Ukraine overnight in a barrage that damaged buildings and left several people dead, the Ukrainian air force said on Saturday.
鈥極n the night of February 1, 2025, the Russian invaders launched a combined attack on Ukraine with missiles of various types,鈥� the air force said, listing 42 missiles including cruise, ballistic and guided varieties.
The UN condemned a Russian missile attack on the city of Odesa in southern Ukraine that wounded at least seven people and damaged historic buildings.
The Black Sea port, known for its picturesque streets of 19th-century buildings, is regularly targeted by Russian strikes.
鈥楿NESCO condemns the missile attack on the historic centre of Odesa last night, a World Heritage site, severely damaging at least two cultural buildings placed under UNESCO Conventions鈥� protection,鈥� the UN agency said.
鈥極ur team is already at work to promptly support the urgent documentation of damage and identify with the Ukrainian authorities the required emergency interventions,鈥� it said, adding that a UNESCO mission will be deployed to Odesa.
Regional governor Oleg Kiper wrote on social media that 鈥榮even people are known to have been injured in the attack by Russian terrorists on the historical centre of Odesa.鈥�
Kiper said in earlier posts that two women and a child were among the wounded.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky condemned what he called an 鈥榓bsolutely deliberate attack by Russian terrorists鈥�, saying it was fortunate there were no deaths.
Kiper posted photos showing rescuers wheeling a woman on a stretcher outside the city鈥檚 historic Hotel Bristol. The photos show damage to the 19th-century hotel鈥檚 ornate facade and interior, including a grand staircase.
Ukraine鈥檚 emergency service posted video showing debris littering the street outside the Bristol and a woman with dust on her clothes being helped by rescuers.
It said firefighters had rescued a woman trapped in one room and extinguished a fire on the roof.
鈥楢mong the people who were at the epicentre of the attack were Norwegian diplomatic representatives,鈥� Zelensky said.
鈥楾here is a lot of damage and destruction in the UNESCO-protected area,鈥� Odesa鈥檚 mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov said.
Odesa鈥檚 historic centre is on UNESCO鈥檚 World Heritage List.
Its Transfiguration Cathedral 鈥� destroyed by the Soviets and rebuilt in the 2000s 鈥� was badly damaged by a Russian strike in July 2023.
鈥楢s a result of the explosions, a number of historical monuments, including the Literary, Historical and Local Lore, Archaeological Museums, Museum of Western and Eastern Art, and the Philharmonic, have had their windows smashed and their facades damaged,鈥� Kiper said.
Ukrainian media posted photos showing what appeared to be a large crater near the hotel, and fallen masonry, blown-out windows and debris littering the floor inside.
Russian military bloggers alleged that foreign military specialists were staying in the hotel.