Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region

Kyiv, July 2 (UNI) Russian missile strikes killed at least 21 people, including one child, in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, BBC reported on Saturday.

The state emergency service, DSNS, said that 16 people were killed when a missile hit a nine-storey building in the village of Serhiyivka.

Five people, including the child, were killed in a separate strike on a holiday resort in the village.

Russia has fired dozens of missiles on Ukrainian cities in the past few days, which Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that they were hitting civilian targets.

Ukrainian officials said three missiles were launched from Russian warplanes over the Black Sea.

The DSNS said the missiles hit Serhiyivka at about 01:00 on Friday (22:00 GMT Thursday).

It released footage showing firefighters searching for survivors in the wreckage of the nine-storey building.

They were also seen carrying what looked like the body of one of the victims in a bag.

The DSNS says 38 people, including six children, were injured in the Russian strikes.

She said 60 rescuers were currently working at the site.

As many as 150 people are believed to have lived in the building.