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Ukraine·Tennis·Armed Conflicts

Ukrainian tennis player loses Odesa flat in Russian missile strike

Sunday, 13 September 2026, 06:29 · 1 min read

Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska has revealed that her apartment in Odesa (a major port city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast) suffered a direct hit in a Russian missile strike, destroying nearly all of her belongings. Yastremska said the only item she was able to recover from the wreckage was a towel from the Roland Garros tennis tournament. The strike is the latest in a series of Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and highlights the ongoing toll of the war on everyday life across the country.

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BBC World — Only Roland Garros towel left, says Ukraine tennis player after Russian strike hits flat ↗︎
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