On the night of April 30, the Russian army launched a massive strike on Odessa. Damage was caused to residential buildings, and there were injuries among the population.
The number of injured as of 2:00 am was six. All are receiving the necessary medical care, said the head of the Odessa Guards Military District, Sergiy Lysak.
„The enemy hit a multi-storey residential building and a kindergarten, where a fire broke out. Rescuers are working at the scene of the incident. Information about the injured is being clarified.
„All emergency services are at the scene of the strike and are dealing with the consequences“, the official added.
According to UNIAN, at around 23:25 on Wednesday, April 29, an air alert was issued. Monitoring channels reported that at least two dozen Shahed drones were heading towards the city from the Black Sea.
"Soon after that, powerful explosions began to be heard in the city. Some drones were flying at a very low altitude – you could hear them buzzing over the roofs of residential buildings," the agency's correspondent reported.
Later, Lisak stressed that the drone attack was aimed at infrastructure and residential areas. A five-story building and a private home were damaged. The enemy also hit a parking lot and an administrative building.
According to Oleg Kiper, head of the Odessa Regional Police Department, among the first four wounded were two women aged 25 and 44 and men aged 38 and 62.
On the night of April 29, the Russians launched a massive drone attack on the southern Odessa region - There was destruction and numerous fires. In Izmail, the regional hospital, residential buildings, port infrastructure and other facilities were damaged.
A 46-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman were taken to hospital. The woman is hospitalized with multiple shrapnel wounds; doctors assess her condition as serious.
A fire was also registered in the Danube Biosphere Reserve.