Odesa port infrastructure damaged in Russian overnight missile attack, 1 injured.

A Russian overnight missile and drone strike against Odesa wounded one person and significantly damaged the city's Black Sea port, the Ukrainian military reported on Sept.

25. Russia launched at Ukraine 12 Kalibr cruise missiles, two anti-ship Onyx missiles, and 19 kamikaze drones, according to the Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses reportedly shot down all the drones and 11 Kalibr missiles, mostly over Odesa Oblast.

The attack also damaged a hotel on the Odesa Sea Port's territory, which has been abandoned for several years, and destroyed several granaries, Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces said on Telegram. Debris of drones and missiles fell in Odesa suburbs, damaging warehouses and a private household. According to Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper, a woman sustained injuries as a result of the blast wave.

Oleg Sukhov: The West lacks political will to ensure Ukraine's victory

As President Volodymyr Zelensky makes a long-awaited trip to the U.S., the White House is set to announce a new £325 million military aid package. According to reports, it will again be missing the much-desired ATACMS long-range missiles, which Kyiv says may turn the tide of Russia's ongoing

Russia targeted a total of 10 Ukrainian oblasts overnight and on Sept.

24 -- Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Donetsk, and Odesa. Casualties were reported in three regions.

Russian troops launched 87 attacks against southern Kherson Oblast on Sept.

24, killing two people and wounding another 11, according to the regional governor. Almost 500 projectiles hit the oblast's settlements, damaging a medical facility, a church, factories, a critical infrastructure facility, and an educational institution, Oleksandr Prokudin wrote. Russian attacks over the past day killed two civilians in Donetsk Oblast's Zarichne, some 30 kilometers northeast of Sloviansk, acting Governor Ihor Moroz reported.

Russia hit multiple settlements in the region, damaging 17 houses, two apartment buildings, and an infrastructure facility, the official said.

US will reportedly give ATACMS to Ukraine. Will it change the war? After over a year of pleading to get long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) from the U.S., Ukraine might finally receive this much desired weapon.

Though to Ukraine's disappointment it was not included in the latest military aid package worth £325 million announced by Washington on Sept....

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Dinara Khalilova is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent.

She has previously worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News.

Dinara holds a BA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a Master's degree in media and communication from Bournemouth University in the UK.