Russia hit the center of Odessa: there is destruction and casualties
Date: 2024-11-25 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
Today, November 25, the Russian occupation army launched another missile attack on the center of Odessa.
As the correspondent reports, during the air raid, the city mayor Gennady Trukhanov warned in his Telegram channel that an enemy reconnaissance drone was detected in the sky, which was moving in the direction of the regional center. A few minutes later, powerful explosions were heard. The city council immediately distributed a message that children in educational institutions were in shelters, safe with their teachers, and parents could not worry.
Later, the head of the Odessa Regional State Administration Oleh Kiper confirmed that the enemy had attacked the city.
"Russian terrorists carried out a missile attack on the city center. There are casualties. Civil infrastructure, in particular residential buildings, was damaged," the official informed.
Information about the victims is being clarified.
According to the spokesman for the Ukrainian volunteer army "South" Serhiy Bratchuk, the enemy used an Iskander-M ballistic missile.
People write on social networks that windows were blown out of houses, frames and doors were torn out, and the streets are in rubble.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to the attack on Odessa, as well as to the enemy strikes on Kharkov and Zaporizhia.
He noted that a rescue operation is currently underway after the missile strike in Kharkov. At present, 19 people are known to have been injured, dozens of attack drones attacked Zaporizhia, where a child was injured.
"Odesa has been attacked, there is damage due to falling missile debris. And this is only one day of Russian terror against Ukraine," the report says.
Updated 11:49. As the first deputy chairman of the Odessa OVA Alexander Kharlov reported on the telethon, according to preliminary data, six people were injured, one of them is in serious condition.
Two educational institutions and a university were damaged.
According to him, there is a dense residential area around, a dental clinic, pharmacies, and many residential buildings. There are no military facilities. Rescuers and law enforcement officers are working on the scene.
