New Delhi, July 15 -- ODESA - At least three people were dead by midmorning Tuesday in Odesa, killed when Russian missiles struck the city for the fifth consecutive day. Three others were wounded. Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces hit fuel depots and drone assembly lines. Ukrainian emergency services placed the victims in a residential area.

Ukraine fought back within the same 24-hour window. Its forces struck 17 oil tankers, two gas tankers, and a tugboat across the Black Sea, the Danube Delta, and the Kerch Strait. Since July 6, Ukraine has reported damaging or destroying 116 Russian vessels, a tally Moscow has not disputed. The Black Sea campaign has already compressed civilian fuel supply in occupied Crimea, where rolling bla...