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Extensive destruction, casualty, fires - Consequences of mass attack on Odesa region

Extensive destruction, casualty, fires - Consequences of mass attack on Odesa region Photo: Aftermath of Russian airstrike on Odesa region (facebook.com/MNS.GOV.UA)

As a result of a Russian airstrike on the Odesa region, the area is experiencing destruction and fires, with damage to critical and civilian infrastructure. There is also a reported fatality. Emergency services have released footage of the aftermath of the attack, according to the State Emergency Service (SES).

According to the Service, the Odesa region was subjected to a massive strike.

As a result of the airstrike using strike drones and missile weapons, the region is experiencing extensive destruction, fires in private homes, and damage to both civilian and critical infrastructure.

"Currently, one fatality has been reported as a result of the mass strike on the region," the SES reported.

Rescuers added that more than 60 emergency workers were involved in eliminating the consequences of the latest terror attack by Russians.

"Information regarding the wounded is being clarified," the rescuers' report states.

Russian airstrike on Odesa and region

On the evening of March 4, air alerts were declared in several regions of Ukraine due to the threat of a drone attack from Russians.

Local authorities warned of the threat of a massive drone attack on Odesa and the region.

Later, it became known that as a result of Russian strikes on critical infrastructure in Odesa, parts of the city were left without electricity, water, and heat.

According to the regional administration, in the suburbs of Odesa, private houses were damaged by debris from downed Russian drones, and fires broke out.

The enemy also attacked the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district with ballistic missiles - one rocket hit an empty sanatorium, and the building was nearly destroyed. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.

Later, the head of the Odesa regional administration reported that as a result of the Russian drone attack, a 77-year-old resident of the village of Lymanka, located in the suburbs of Odesa, was killed due to shrapnel wounds.