we have breaking news overnight, russia launching its most intense attack on the ukrainian city of odesa, since the invasion began, at least one person is dead and two people are injured after russia pummelled the southern port city with intense barrages of drone and missile strikes for the third straight night. it damaged a building and destroyed a nursery as well. officials in odesa are now urging people to stay in shelters until the sirens end. s not only did russia withdraw from the black sea grain deal, they re burning the grain too in attacks he calls barbaric as millions of people in developing nations rely on it. officials claim the previous two days of attacks destroyed 60,000 tons of grain. we want to get straight to cnn s alex marquardt in odesa. alex, are more strikes expected based on what you ve seen over the course of the last three days? reporter: that is certainly
we begin this morning with the worst night in odesa since the start of the invasion. russia s third night of attacks on the city leaving at least one person and two others injured. officials urging people to stay in their shelters until the sirens end. ukraine s air force pleading for better defense systems after they downed only five of 19 russian classrooms. the eu s top diplomat calls this barbaric due to the large scale of destruction of food infrastructure. he says not only did russia withdraw from the black sea deal, they are burning the grain now, too. officials claim the previous two days of attacks destroyed 60,000 tons of grain, foods that millions in developing nations rely on. alex marquardt is there. reporter: this city has never seen anything like this since the beginning of the war. i can t overstate the terror that the citizens of this city have had to experience over not one, but the last three nights,