The death toll from the missile attack on Odesa on March 15 has risen to 19 people, announced Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin.

Russia has said it is ready to hand over the bodies of Ukrainian prisoners of war who allegedly died as a result of the downing of an Il—76 in Belgorod Oblast, said Russian Ombudsperson Tatyana Moskalkova, the Kremlin's RIA Novosti news agency reports.