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A municipal worker holds his head in his hands while sitting on a stool in a 21-storey apartment block, damaged in a Russian attack, Odesa, Ukraine, September 3, 2026. On Thursday night, September 3, Russian forces launched a combined strike on the southern Ukrainian port city. A high-rise building sustained a direct hit. Seventeen 17 people were injured, including three children. Twenty apartments between the 10th and 17th floors were destroyed or damaged. The occupiers attacked a residential area of the southern port city using jet drones and S8000 Banderol cruise missiles.