Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa kills at least 8 as peace talks lumber on

"A Russian ballistic missile strike on port infrastructure in Ukraine's Odesa port in the south has killed at least eight people and wounded 27, as Moscow intensifies attacks on the strategic Black Sea region and talks to end the war remain in a critical stage. The attack late on Friday hit critical logistics infrastructure, with some of the wounded trapped on a bus at the strike's epicentre as trucks caught fire in a car park."

"Ukrainian officials say the bombardment is part of a sustained Russian campaign against Odesa's civilian infrastructure that has left more than two million people without electricity, water and heating for days amid freezing temperatures in the war's fourth punishing winter. Moscow struck the same port again on Saturday, hitting reservoirs in what Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba described as deliberately targeting civilian logistics routes."

Russian forces carried out a ballistic missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, killing at least eight people and wounding 27. The strike hit logistics hubs and trapped some wounded on a bus as trucks burned in a car park. The bombardment has left over two million people without electricity, water and heating amid freezing temperatures. Moscow struck the port again, hitting reservoirs that Ukrainian officials say deliberately targeted civilian logistics routes. Fighting continues across multiple fronts as Russia claims village gains and Ukraine expands strikes on Russian military and energy assets, including a Lukoil oil rig in the Caspian Sea. US-led peace talks in Miami have begun without a breakthrough.

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