At least 14 people were killed and 46 injured in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Friday by a Russian missile strike, according to local officials.
According to officials, a second missile landed after the first missile struck houses and emergency personnel arrived on the scene.
A paramedic and an emergency services employee were among the dead.
Oleh Kiper, the regional governor of Ukraine’s Emergency Service, said that the attack caused damage to at least ten houses in Odesa and some emergency service equipment. The attack also started a fire.
The tactic of firing a second missile at the same location, aiming to hit rescuers, is known in military terms as a double tap. Such strikes often hit civilians.
The attack occurred as Russians voted in a presidential election that is all but certain to extend Vladimir Putin’s rule by another six years after he crushed dissent and as the war in Ukraine stretches into its third year.