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Russia launches drone attack on Ukraine's Odesa

Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa early Wednesday but there were no reports of casualties, authorities said.

"At night, the enemy carried out an attack by UAVs of the Shahed-136 type on the Odesa region," Yuriy Kruk, head of the Odesa district military administration, said in a statement on Telegram.

Ukraine says key infrastructure hit, 14 killed in Russian strikes

Ukraine said Russia had unleashed a fresh barrage of missiles Saturday, killing at least 14 people, as Britain became the first Western country to offer it the heavy tanks it has long been seeking.

The British move drew a swift reaction from Moscow, which warned it would only "intensify" the conflict.

Putin is Bombing Civilians in Kyiv and all over Ukraine, Casualties and Injuries reported

Explosions rocked Kyiv and several other cities in Ukraine this morning, after months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, the Associated Press reported. The danger of an airstrike was announced at 6:47 a.m., and after 8 in the morning, 3-4 explosions rumbled in Kyiv.

Sydney floods impact 50,000 around Australia’s largest city

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was impacting 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday.

Emergency response teams made 100 rescues overnight of people trapped in cars on flooded roads or in inundated homes in the Sydney area, State Emergency Service manager Ashley Sullivan said.