Day 38 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Missiles in Odessa, 3000 evacuated from Mariupol

Ukrainian authorities have announced Russian shelling of the strategic Black Sea port of Odessa, a general detained in an attempt to flee the country and an exchange of prisoners of war with Russia. On Friday, humanitarian corridors opened in three Ukrainian districts - Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia.

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At least three Russian ballistic missiles have hit a residential area of ​​Odessa, causing casualties, Odessa Oblast Governor Maxim Marchenko was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. He did not give specific numbers.

The rockets were fired late last night from the Crimean peninsula, which Russia took from Ukraine, Marchenko added.

These allegations have not been confirmed by an independent source.

Iskander missiles were fired at key infrastructure, but did not hit their target, as they were intercepted by the country's air defenses, the Ukrainian army said.

Odessa is the largest port in Ukraine and the main base of its naval forces, the AP notes.

Two or three powerful explosions were heard tonight in the southern city of Dnipro, local officials said.

The Kryvyi Rih region, also in the Dnipropetrovsk region, came under rocket fire. As a result, a fire broke out at a gas station in the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said a representative of local authorities.

Like all reports from war zones, this information cannot be verified independently, the DPA notes.

A major general from the reserve of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was detained while trying to leave the country illegally, investigators said. He was stopped at a border checkpoint with Hungary,...