“Odessa has once again suffered a massive enemy attack (…) According to preliminary data, one person died” and 10 others were injured, including two children, Ukrainian emergency services said this Friday, November 15 on Telegram.
A “massive” Russian attack on the night of Thursday November 14 to Friday November 15 killed at least one person in Odessa, southern Ukraine, Ukrainian emergency services reported. The deceased is “a 35-year-old woman who was sleeping near a window”, according to a publication by the mayor of this important Black Sea port, Gennadiï Trukhanov, on the same social network.
According to the regional governor, Oleg Kiper, “an apartment building in the center of Odessa was destroyed, apartments caught fire, towers and around thirty vehicles were damaged” as a result of the attack.
Photos released by emergency services show rescuers trying to put out the fire in a three-story building and caring for an elderly woman.
Multiple attacks
Russian forces have recently stepped up attacks on southern Ukraine, including damaging civilian ships at ports in the Odessa region, while kyiv has stepped up attacks on military and energy targets in Russian-controlled regions. Russia.
On the night of November 7 to 8, one person was killed and nine others injured in Odessa following strikes which caused houses and warehouses to burn, according to emergency services.
For months, Ukrainian authorities have been asking their Western allies to provide them with more air defense systems to repel Russian attacks.
Russian Security Council head Sergei Shoigu has urged kyiv's Western allies to begin negotiations with Moscow if they want to end attacks on Ukrainians.
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