The Russian missiles hit several targets in Serhiyivka, including this residential building
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than 21 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region.
Ukrainian officials say that 16 people were killed in a nine-storey building hit by one missile in the village of Serhiyivka.
Another five people, including the child, were killed in a separate strike on a holiday resort in the village.
Russia has fired dozens of missiles on Ukrainian cities in the past few days.
On Friday Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov again denied that Russia was hitting civilian targets.
“We heard three explosions and now there is nothing left of the recreation centre,” local resident Yulia Bondar, 60, told the BBC.
“The village is very quiet, we never thought this could happen.”
The DSNS said the missiles hit Serhiyivka at about 01:00 on Friday (22:00 GMT Thursday).
It released footage showing firefighters searching for survivors in the wreckage of the nine-storey building.
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They were also seen carrying what looked like the body of one of the victims in a bag.
The DSNS says 38 people, including six children, were injured in the Russian strikes.
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