Viktoriia Roshchyna had been briefly detained in the occupied eastern city of Berdyansk in 2022 but she disappeared in the occupied east in August 2023 and it was not until a few months ago that Russian authorities confirmed she was being held.

A Russian ballistic missile attack on Wednesday on the port infrastructure of Ukraine's southern Odesa region killed six people and injured eight, Odesa Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said.

The death toll from the Russian strike on port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast on the evening of 9 October has risen to nine. A 48-year-old man died in hospital on the morning of 11 October. Source: Oleh Kiper,

Five residents of Odesa Oblast have been injured in a Russian drone attack on the night of 8-9 October. Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "Russian aggressors have been terrorising Odesa with attack drones for the third night in a row.

Russian forces attacked the city of Kryvyi Rih on the morning of October 10, damaging a five-story residential building, according to Serhii Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.

Air defense forces destroyed most of the targets, but there was damage to the windows and facade of a nine-story building near Odesa - fortunately, no fire erupted there. Read also: Russia strikes civilian vessel in Odesa port,