At least 21 people were killed in rocket attacks in Odesa region, UNIAN news agency reported.

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"Among the dead are two children. 30 people are injured," Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, wrote in Telegram.

Ukrainian services: 14 victims and 30 injured in the Russian missile strike in Odessa

During the attack, a 9-story residential building and a rest station in the town of Sergeevka, near Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, were partially destroyed.

According to the Ukrainian army, a Russian Tu-22 strategic bomber fired three cruise missiles, BNR reported.

Germany strongly condemned the attack, which took place just days after the rocket attack on the shopping center in Kremenchuk.

Russian forces have captured an oil refinery in the Ukrainian city of Lisichansk, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.

On Monday, a Russian X-22 missile struck a shopping center in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk.

19 civilians were killed and 62 injured, AP recalls.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented that the Russian army does not bomb civilian objects.

In Donbas, however, the offensive continues against the city of Lisichansk, where, according to local authorities, about 15,000 civilians remain.

Igor Konashenkov of the Russian Ministry of Defense claims that the offensive is progressing successfully.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has started exporting electricity to the European Union through Romania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.

It comes amid declining Russian gas supplies to the bloc, which supports Ukraine and condemns Moscow's incursion into the country.

In a show of unity of power, the president, prime minister and speaker of the parliament of Ukraine signed a joint declaration affirming the country's path to the European Union.

Turkey can re-export Ukrainian grain crops from the Black Sea to countries in need, President Recep Erdogan said.

He will seek a solution in talks with the Russian and Ukrainian presidents in the coming days.

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