Authorities say Russian strikes kill 13 people across Ukraine

Russian strikes killed 13 people and wounded about 50 across Ukraine on Wednesday, regional authorities said.

The daytime attacks targeted industrial and medical facilities in the Black Sea port city of Odesa and in Sumy, a northeastern city near the border with Russia.

Sumy regional governor Oleg Grygorov said Russia launched six guided aerial bombs. He said three people were killed and 17 were wounded in the region. He said a woman and a man were among the dead, and that another person had such severe injuries that authorities could not yet determine their gender.

Odesa regional governor Oleg Kiper said the region was hit by another day of Russian drone and missile attacks targeting its port and civilian infrastructure. He said a massive combined missile and drone attack on the Odesa region had continued for a fifth straight day. Three people were killed and at least eight others were injured there, he said.

Ukrainian authorities and rescue services reported another death in the southern Mykolaiv region and three deaths in the east: one in Kryvyi Rih and two in Donetsk, which is almost entirely occupied by Russian forces.

In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, rescue services said Russian strikes killed three people and wounded 15. The services posted images on Telegram showing firefighters evacuating bodies and injured people, as well as buildings with destroyed facades.

Ukraine's air force said in its daily briefing that Ukraine faced 122 attack drones and two missiles, and that 101 of the drones were shot down.

Russia's defence ministry said it carried out strikes on the ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Dnipro-Buh, which it said were used to supply the Ukrainian armed forces. It also said it attacked fuel depots, drone manufacturing plants and army supply ships.

The report said strikes from both Russia and Ukraine have intensified for several months, causing a rising number of civilian casualties more than four years after Russia's invasion. According to the United Nations, June was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022.

In recent days, Ukrainian forces have also stepped up attacks on cargo ships in the Sea of Azov, a maritime area used to transport Russian agricultural products abroad and to supply annexed Crimea. The report said these attacks have prompted Russia to review alternative transport routes. Russia has also intensified bombardments of Ukrainian urban areas in recent months.