A Russian missile strike hit a commercial area in Ukraine’s major southern port of Odessa overnight, killing at least three people and injuring 13, the Ukrainian army’s southern command said early Wednesday. More victims could be trapped under rubble, it said.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived at U.S. military headquarters in western Germany on Wednesday ahead of a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a gathering of leaders from dozens of countries assisting the government in Kyiv.