On the evening of October 7, Russian forces attacked Odesa with ballistic missiles, striking a civilian vessel flying the flag of Palau. The attack resulted in one fatality and several injuries, according to Odesa Regional Military Administration head Oleh Kiper and Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine, Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, Oleksiy Kuleba. According to Kiper, the target of the attack was Odesa’s port infrastructure. A ballistic missile hit the civilian ship OPTIMA under the flag of Palau, killing a 60-year-old Ukrainian, an empl…