Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska has said her family's flat in the Black Sea port city of Odesa was destroyed in a Russian missile strike, with only a Roland Garros towel surviving the wreckage. The 26-year-old, currently ranked 113th in the world, shared images of the burning building and the towel on social media, calling for the WTA and ITF to take notice. The strike underscores the continuing impact of Russia's war on Ukrainian civilians and athletes alike, more than three years into the full-scale invasion.

Yastremska described the attack as "a direct hit by a Kalibr cruise missile" and said "a piece of world tennis survived" while "our home did not". Odesa's regional head, Oleh Kiper, said the missile and drone attack on Odesa and nearby Chornomorsk on Friday night injured 37 people, including a baby, with two others reported missing. It follows a similar incident last year involving Ukrainian footballer Heorhiy Sudakov, whose Kyiv flat was damaged by a Russian drone while his wife and child were at home; Yastremska herself recently competed at the US Open, losing in the first round.