“There was a powerful strike on a five-story hotel-dormitory of Ukrainian military personnel in Odessa … Locals report that the area has been cordoned off and ambulances have rushed there,” Lebedev told the news agency.
The Russian armed forces started striking Ukrainian infrastructure on October 10, 2022, two days after a bombing attack on the Crimean Bridge, which Russian authorities believe had been carried out by Ukrainian security services. The strikes target energy, defense, military administration and communications facilities across the country. Since then, Ukraine declares air alert in its regions every day, sometimes nationwide. At the same time, the Kremlin said that Russian troops did not strike apartment buildings and social infrastructure.