Ukrainian Tennis Player Dayana Yastremska Reports Family Apartment Destroyed in Russian Attack
2 sources across 2 countries · Germany · Ukraine
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- Der Spiegel
- Kyiv Independent
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Ukrainian professional tennis player Dayana Yastremska announced on September 12 that her family apartment in Odesa was destroyed by a Russian Kalibr cruise missile. Yastremska shared photos and videos on Instagram showing the wreckage of the residential building, noting that a Roland Garros towel from the French Open was the only item to survive. She urged the Women's Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation to view the images from the Ukrainian perspective, specifically questioning the meaning of their neutrality regarding Russian players.
The attack on Odesa and nearby Chornomorsk involved missiles and drones. Reports on the casualties vary slightly between sources. Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper stated that 35 people, including a baby, were injured and two remained missing. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that 37 people were injured in the Odesa residential building attack and that eleven people were injured by a drone strike at a hotel in Chornomorsk. Zelenskyy also reported two deaths and six injuries caused by a drone strike on residential buildings in the Zaporizhzhia region.
While both reports focus on the destruction of the athlete's home, the center left source provides additional context regarding the broader impact of the war on professional athletes, mentioning that Elina Svitolina's padel club in Kyiv was also damaged by Russian attacks.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- The center left source framed the event within the broader context of the war's impact on professional sports and the controversy surrounding the neutrality of tennis governing bodies.
- Centre
- The center source focused primarily on the immediate facts of the attack and Yastremska's social media posts.
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