130 people evacuated and 3 injured in Odesa due to drone attack – photo
Pravda Ukraine
Three people were injured in a Russian drone attack on the city of Odesa on the night of 16-17 January.
Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Details: “The number of casualties in the Russian attack increased to three people as two more women, 69 and 29 years old, were injured,” Kiper says. Earlier it was reported that a 62-year-old man was injured. Doctors provide the necessary assistance.
A total of 130 civilians were evacuated from the damaged building.
Updated at 05.02: Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov reported that rescue workers extinguished a fire in a residential building in Prymorskyi District, but cars burned down. The blast wave damaged windows in the houses.
There is a deep crater and damaged utilities in the city centre. No casualties were recorded.
Trukhanov said an operational headquarters will work at the scene in the morning, where it will be possible to receive consultations regarding municipal assistance for the restoration of windows and doors.
The restoration of damaged utilities will begin after the completion of the work by the emergency services.
Updated at 07:05: The State Emergency Service in Odesa Oblast reports that a gas pipe, cars, balconies and an apartment caught fire in Odesa as a result of the Russian attack.
The facade of a building was partially destroyed. The blast wave damaged eight cars, and four cars were destroyed by the fire.
Rescue workers set up a mobile heating station at the scene. Psychologists of the State Emergency Service provided assistance to the residents.
Background:
- Several explosions were heard in the city of Odesa on the night of 16-17 January.
- There was damage to civilian residential infrastructure after the Russian drone attack.
- Fires were recorded. There were casualties among the civilian population.
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