Russia heavily strikes Ukraine's Odesa: Casualties grow, including children
Photo: consequences of a massive Russian strike on Odesa (t.me/odeskaODA)
The number of victims has increased in Odesa as a result of a massive Russian drone strike on the city on the night of December 31. Six people are known to have been injured, according to the head of the Odesa City Military Administration, Serhii Lysak.
Initially, four victims were reported. However, as of 7:42 a.m. Ktiv rime, their number had risen to six.
"At this moment, we know of six victims of the nighttime Russian attack," Lysak says.
As specified by the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleh Kiper, all the victims are members of two families. Among them are three children aged 7 months to 14 years.
"Five people have been hospitalized, including three children. One adult is in serious condition, the rest are in moderate condition, including an infant with inhalation poisoning," the governor says.
The building where the victims lived was damaged on the second to the sixth floors.
In total, four apartment buildings, at least 14 cars, and private garages were damaged in Odesa.
An operational headquarters, a mobile resilience center, and a heating center of the State Emergency Service have been set up at the scene.
Rescuers, medics, utility, and social services are working. Law enforcement officers are recording the consequences of yet another Russian war crime.
"These strikes are yet another example of Russia's terrorist tactics, deliberately attacking the civilian infrastructure of peaceful cities in the Odesa region, threatening the lives and health of people," Oleh Kiper emphasizes.
Photo: the consequences of a massive Russian strike on Odesa (t.me/odeskaODA)
Photo: the consequences of a massive Russian strike on Odesa (t.me/odeskaODA)
Photo: the consequences of a massive Russian strike on Odesa (t.me/odeskaODA)
Photo: the consequences of a massive Russian strike on Odesa (t.me/odeskaODA)
Russian attack on Odesa on December 31
On the night of December 31, Russian troops carried out an air attack with strike drones on Odesa and the region.
As a result of the Russian strikes, part of Odesa was left without electricity, water, and heat.
According to local authorities, Russia has once again targeted the region's civilian and energy infrastructure. In one of the region's settlements, warehouses belonging to a logistics company caught fire as a result of the Russian attack.
Russian drones had hit multi-story buildings in two districts of Odesa. In one of them, fires broke out in apartments.
The Regional Military Administration also showed the consequences of the Russian strike on Odesa.
