Russia has stepped up its attacks on the southern port city in recent weeks with a series of deadly drone and missile attacks.
A Russian missile attack hit civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odessa, killing at least 14 people and wounding 46, Ukrainian officials say.
Russia has stepped up its attacks on Odessa in recent weeks, launching drones or missiles almost every day.
“As a result of the Russian missile attack, 14 people were killed, including local residents, a doctor and a rescuer,” Oleh Kiper, regional governor, said on Telegram.
The doctor and rescuer were killed by a second missile after going to the scene to treat people injured in Friday's initial attack, Kiper added.
Ten houses, a low-pressure gas pipeline and rescue vehicles were damaged, emergency services said.
Rescuers struggled to put out fires on the pipeline and in a house over a total area of about 120 square meters (144 square yards).
Twelve people, including five children, were killed in a drone attack on a residential building in Odessa on March 2.
On March 6, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was showing Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis the destruction caused by that attack when Russia attacked the city again, killing at least five people.
Odessa, one of Ukraine's largest ports, has long been a target of Russian attacks, especially after Moscow abandoned a United Nations-brokered deal that had allowed the safe passage of Ukrainian grain shipments across the Sea. Black.
“Russian terror in Odessa is a sign of the weakness of the enemy, which is fighting against Ukrainian civilians at a time when it cannot guarantee the safety of people on its own territory,” the head of the Ukrainian presidential cabinet wrote on Telegram, Andriy Yermak.
Ukraine has developed and used long-range drones to try to counterattack Russia, stepping up attacks on a series of oil refineries this week in the run-up to Russia's three-day presidential election, which began on Friday.
Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians in its large-scale invasion of Ukraine, which it launched in February 2022.
