Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Odesa's grand opera house and the five-star Hotel Bristol, a landmark constructed 19th century, were damaged during the shelling. Zelensky added that Norwegian diplomatic representatives were in the epicenter of the attack but avoided harm.

(Reuters) -Russian forces launched missiles on the centre of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, seriously damaging historic buildings and injuring seven people, local officials said.

A Russian missile attack struck a five-star hotel in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Friday evening, wounding two women, the mayor said. "Work is underway in the south of our country, in Odesa,

The flight, which lasted for more than eight hours, saw the Russian aircraft being escorted by planes from other countries