1 child killed, 1 wounded in Odesa missile strike

Kateryna Tyshchenko – Monday, 2 May 2022, 21:22

1 child was killed in the Russian missile strike on Odesa and another child was wounded. A religious institution building was also damaged.

Source: Natalia Humeniuk, head of press service for Pivden [South] Operational Command, in a commentary for the press

According to Humeniuk: "Today’s missile strike on Odesa Region has hit a residential building in the city of Odesa. 5 people were in the building when it was hit.

A 15-year-old child was killed and another child was hospitalised and is receiving medical assistance. SES psychologists are working with the rest of the people who were in the building at the moment of the strike."

Details: There is a fire at the site of the incident. A police investigative task force will work there as soon as the fire is extinguished.

The building of a religious institution located near the house that was struck was also damaged.

"The residential building is located close to a religious institution; its windows and parts of the building – the roof and one of the walls – have also been damaged by the blast," Humeniuk said.

She also said that the Air Defence Forces destroyed a Russian drone, which could gather information as well as inflict fire damage, over Odesa.

Earlier: On Monday evening Maksym Marchenko, Head of Odesa Regional Military Administration, said that Russia had launched a missile strike on Odessa, killing and wounding several people.