Russian Missile Destroys Ukrainian Tennis Star's Odesa Home
Russian Missile Destroys Ukrainian Tennis Star's Odesa Home
The News
Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska says her family's flat in Odesa was destroyed by a Russian missile that hit her tower block on Friday night.
The Daily Mail reports the strike on the 22nd-floor apartment killed two people and injured 37, including a baby.
Yastremska, a former world No. 21, told the BBC the flat took a "direct hit" and that the only thing left was her Roland Garros towel.
Timeline
A Russian cruise missile hits the Odesa tower block containing Yastremska's family flat on the 22nd floor, reducing it to rubble, according to the Daily Mail. The Sun describes the strike as part of a wider Russian missile and drone assault on the city.
Yastremska speaks publicly about the attack, telling the BBC the flat was hit directly and that a Roland Garros towel was all that survived.
Reactions
Yastremska's account was blunt: the apartment took a "direct hit," and the towel from the French Open was what remained of it.
British outlets covering the strike — the Daily Mail and The Sun — framed it as another civilian tower block hit in a broader Russian bombardment of Odesa, pointing to the casualty count of two dead and 37 hurt, among them a baby.
What's Next
The reported toll from the strike stands at two killed and 37 injured in the coverage available so far.
Yastremska has not said publicly what it means for her playing schedule.
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Odesa, a Black Sea port city, has been a repeated target in Russia's war on Ukraine. The strike on a residential high-rise puts a recognizable face on a pattern Americans have watched for years: missiles landing in apartment blocks, not just on front lines.
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