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2 March attack on Odesa apartment building: bodies of two more children found under rubble

Sunday, 3 March 2024, 19:24
2 March attack on Odesa apartment building: bodies of two more children found under rubble
The apartment building in Odesa that was damaged in the Russian attack on the night of 1-2 March. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The bodies of a 10-year-old boy and his 8-year-old sister were found under the rubble of a multi-storey apartment building in Odesa that was struck by a Russian Shahed drone on the night of 1-2 March. The death toll currently stands at 12.

Source: Oleh Kiper, the Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "Rescue workers have just found the body of a boy killed in the Russian attack. Serhii was 10 years old."

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Update: Kiper later added that the body of Serhii’s sister, 8-year-old Zlata, had also been found under the rubble.

"Another child has been killed [in the attack], Zlata, an 8-year-old girl. Emergency workers are currently recovering her body and that of her brother Serhii," Kiper said. 

Read also: Victims of Russian drone strike on Odesa: mothers with babies and military family

Previously: Emergency workers discovered two more bodies – a woman and a baby – under the rubble of the apartment building on the morning of 3 March, over 24 hours after the Russian drone attack on the city of Odesa, bringing the death toll to 10.

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