Operational Command “South” reported that on the night of August 17, russians conducted a missile attack on Odesa: Tu-22M3 strategic bombers fired Kh-22 missiles, two of them hit a recreation center and several private houses nearby.
As a result of the air strike, a fire broke out on an area of 600 square meters, four civilians were injured, but no one was killed.
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It is quite likely that this episode will go down in the history of the war as the most useless way to apply Kh-22 missiles. Theoretically, there are "enough" targets of strategic importance for such cruise missiles in the south of Odesa.
The last time the russian Armed Forces used Kh-22 missiles to attack Ukraine was three weeks ago, during the missile attacks on Statehood Day, July 28, 2022.
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