Russian attack on Odesa: number of injured rises to 10, including 2 children – photos
The number of injured in the city of Odesa has risen to 10, including 2 children, as a result of a large-scale combined Russian strike.
Source: Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov; Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Quote from Trukhanov: "Our city came under a large-scale combined enemy strike on the evening of 14 November. As a result, a woman was killed. Those injured are receiving the necessary medical assistance. Eight injuries have been reported as of now."
Details: Trukhanov said civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, the heating system, religious and educational institutions were damaged.
Emergency services and a volunteer unit from the Department of Municipal Security are working at the scene.
Heating companies are addressing the aftermath of the attack.
Quote from Trukhanov: "We are assessing the need for relocation.
We will begin clearing the city and assisting residents of damaged buildings in the morning. Assistance centres will collect documents to provide financial assistance."
Updated: Later, Oleh Kiper reported that a boy aged nine had been injured. He is in hospital in a moderate condition.
A man, 22, is in a critical condition, while others injured have been hospitalised in the city and oblast hospitals in a moderate condition. All are receiving necessary assistance.
Quote from Kiper: "An apartment building in the centre of Odesa was destroyed, apartments caught fire, other high-rise buildings were damaged, about 30 cars were affected and fires broke out on the territory of a public institution and a two-storey building as a result of the evening attack.
The main pipeline for centralised heating was also damaged due to the enemy attack. A boiler house has been temporarily shut down and repair work is ongoing."
Details: After 02:00, the State Emergency Service reported that 10 people, including 2 children, had been injured.
They noted that residential buildings, cars, a church and an educational institution had been damaged as a result of another Russian strike on Odesa. Fires broke out at six different locations, which firefighters promptly extinguished.
Background: It had previously been reported that one person had been killed and two injured as a result of the Russian attack on Odesa.
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