Russia launches mass attack on Odesa, damages infrastructure, leaves 16 wounded
Victims of the attack are receiving the medical care (Photo: @odesaMVA)
Russian forces launched a mass attack on Odesa, damaging a house and civilian infrastructure, and injuring at least 16 people, local authorities wrote on April 30.
Updated at 7:06 a.m.: Odesa governor Serhiy Lysak said the attack targeted residential blocks and civilian infrastructure in several city districts.
Primorsky district sustained the most damage. The attack damaged high-rise and five-story buildings, causing large-scale fires to break out on roofs and upper floors. Emergency workers managed to contain the fires.
The attack also damaged houses and a residential area in the city’s central district.
The strikes caused damage to public and commercial facilities, including: a kindergarten, a shopping center, a hotel, and several administrative buildings.
Dozens of buses and cars, across several parking lots, were damaged or destroyed in the air raid. The attack also damaged infrastructure, a warehouse, and a garage facility in the Khadzhibey district.
16 people were injured in the attack, including a 17-year old boy and a foreign citizen.
Two people are now in intensive care in serious condition; doctors are fighting for their lives.
One person was admitted to the trauma ward. The remaining injured received treatment on-site and were sent for outpatient care.
The city emergency services sent 68 vehicles and 280 specialists in response to the disaster. Emergency response centers have been set up at the sites of the attack to assist and provide care to residents.
Updated at 1:55 a.m.: A high-rise residential building was hit in the second drone attack wave. The enemy also struck a kindergarten, setting fire to the building. Emergency crews are working at the scene.
Preliminary reports indicated at least four people were wounded in the attacks, two women aged 25 and 44, and two men aged 38 and 62.
All victims are receiving the necessary medical care.
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