Thick smoke was seen rising from a fire inside a postal depot in the Ukrainian port of Odesa, video released by its mayor showed on Thursday (May 2), after a Russian ballistic missile was reported to have struck the facility.The video posted on the Telegram messaging app by Odesa’s mayor, Hennadii Trukhanov, showed billowing clouds of smoke rising as firefighters trained their hoses on areas still ablaze. Most of the loading area appeared to have been reduced to a burnt debris.The attack resulted in 14 people being injured, Trukhanov wrote in a statement posted alongside the video, adding that 13 of them received assistance on the spot and one was hospitalised.Reuters was able to confirm the location from the design and position of the buildings and the position of the trees which matched file and satellite imagery of the area. Reuters was not able to confirm the date when the video was filmed. Reuters also could not independently verify the reports. Russia denies targeting civilian sites.Odesa is a frequent target of Russian attacks and missiles have hit sites in the city over the past two days, killing eight people. Many of the attacks since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022 have singled out the city’s port infrastructure.