Russia missile strike on Odesa injures 4, damages Antiguan-flagged vessel

Russia attacked the Ukrainian city of Odesa with missiles at around 2pm local time on Friday.

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00:00Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Odessa injured four people, damaging port

00:05and civilian infrastructure, as well as a ship flying the Antiguan flag.

00:09Odessa and other southern parts of Ukraine are regular targets of Russian missile and

00:14drone attacks.

00:16More than 70,000 people fighting in Russia's military have now died in Ukraine, according

00:21to an independent tally by the MediaZona news website.

00:25However, the Ukrainian general staff instead report that Russia has lost more than 600,000

00:31troops since the start of its full-scale invasion.

00:34Ukrainian President Zelensky will travel to Washington next Thursday for talks with U.S.

00:38President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

00:42He is expected to press for the U.S. to allow Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons to

00:47strike deeper into Russia.

00:49U.S. officials said they have asked Ukraine to spell out more clearly its combat objectives

00:54should the administration greenlight loosening restrictions on long-range weaponry.