On the night of September 12, 2026, Russia launched a missile strike on Odesa, damaging a multi-story residential building. Against the backdrop of this incident, Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska publicly announced that her family's apartment was destroyed in the shelling. According to the athlete, the building was hit directly by a Kalibr cruise missile.
A Personal Story Against the Backdrop of a Nighttime Strike
Yastremska told the story of the incident on her Instagram page, publishing several videos showing the aftermath of the enemy strike. The footage shows significant damage to the building and, in particular, to the apartment. "This night... This apartment belonged to our family. This is what the Russian world looks like. A direct hit by a Kalibr cruise missile," the tennis player wrote, accompanying the post with her own comments.
What Is Known About the Strike on Odesa
As reported by Ukrainian media, citing data on the nighttime attack, the strike on Odesa on the night of September 12 damaged a multi-story residential building. The tennis player identified the type of weapon used — a Kalibr cruise missile — noting that the hit was direct. The video materials she published document the scale of the destruction in the residential building.
Casualties and Consequences
The number of people injured in the nighttime strike on Odesa, according to available data at the time of publication, was constantly rising. As of the current moment, 17 people are known to have been injured, including a five-month-old baby. Information about the consequences of the incident continues to be updated as data from the scene arrives.
Context: A Series of Attacks on Sports Facilities
The strike on Odesa became part of an ongoing series of attacks that also affect facilities linked to the sports environment. Earlier, on the night of September 8, an attack was reported on the padel club of Elina Svitolina and Serhiy Stakhovsky in Kyiv. These incidents underscore that, in wartime conditions, not only infrastructure but also private, including sports, facilities are put at risk.
The Athlete's Voice as Public Testimony
Yastremska's address to her audience is not only personal but also publicly documentary in nature: the video recordings of the destruction and the direct quotes record the consequences of the strike from a first-person perspective. The phrase about the "Russian world" in her message became an emotional reaction to the loss of family housing and part of a broader flow of information about the nighttime attack on Odesa.
