Strike and apartment damage
A Kalibr cruise missile struck a residential building in Odesa on a Friday evening. Dayana Yastremska’s family apartment inside that building was destroyed the same Friday evening. A Roland Garros towel was the sole surviving item found in the apartment rubble.
Instagram posts and images
On Saturday, Dayana Yastremska posted photos and videos on Instagram documenting the event. The images and clips show the apartment rubble with the Roland Garros towel visible amid the debris. Her posts included the phrase Roland Garros towel.
Context and timeline
The strike occurred Friday evening and Yastremska announced the strike on Instagram the following Saturday. Yastremska is a Ukrainian tennis player who ranked No. 113 in the world at the time of her post and held a career-high No. 21 ranking in 2020. Other athletes named in related reporting include Elina Svitolina, Oleksandra Oliynykova, Diana Shnaider and Marta Kostyuk.
One report noted a building was destroyed 100 meters from Marta Kostyuk’s parents’ home. The family apartment in Odesa was destroyed inside the residential building.
