Bodies of woman and baby found under rubble in Odesa – photo
The death toll from the Russian Shahed UAV attack on an apartment building in Odesa has risen to seven. The body of a woman with her three-month-old baby has been found under the rubble.
Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration; Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko
Quote from Kiper: "The body of a baby has also been found next to the woman's body. The death toll from the attack has now reached seven."
Details: Earlier, Kiper reported that a woman's body had been retrieved from the rubble, bringing the death toll from the Russian attack to six.
Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko added that emergency workers had uncovered the bodies of a mother and her three-month-old baby in Odesa.
This means that there are now two children among the seven people killed in the strike. The search and rescue operation is underway.
Later, in his evening address, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Tymofii, the boy killed in the Russian attack on Odesa, was four month old.
Background: Around 14:50, emergency workers retrieved the fifth body from the rubble of an apartment building partially destroyed by a Russian Shahed UAV attack on Odesa.
Previously:
- On the night of 1-2 March, part of a multi-storey building in Odesa collapsed due to a Russian Shahed UAV attack.
- A three-year-old child was killed in the attack. There may still be civilians, including children, under the rubble.
- The attack destroyed 18 flats and damaged 7 more.
Support UP or become our patron!