Russian forces carried out a large-scale attack on Odesa Oblast on the morning of 24 August, with fires raging at two construction hypermarkets belonging to Epicentr, a chain of home improvement superstores, in Odesa.

Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration; Yuliia Chudnovets, Head of the public relations department at Epicentr, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda

Quote from Kiper: "Odesa Oblast is once again under a large-scale missile and drone attack from the enemy. The main strike hit food storage facilities and energy infrastructure, while some houses were also damaged and fires have broken out."

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Details: Kiper added that no information on casualties has been reported so far.