Morning attack on Odesa: man wounded in the head

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — SATURDAY, 16 JULY 2022, 16:25

According to early reports, one person was injured in the rocket attack on Odesa on Saturday morning.

Source: Odesa Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Quote: "One injured person has been identified so far. A 30-year-old man was wounded in the head by shrapnel from a Russian shell.

Measures are being taken to identify other people who have been physically or otherwise harmed."

Details: According to the prosecutor's office, as a result of the rocket fire in the Malynovskyi district of Odesa, several warehouses covering an area of about 10,000 sq. m were engulfed in flames. A number of other structures adjacent to the site of the blast were also damaged: windows were shattered and ceilings were damaged.

Background: The Russians hit Odesa on the morning of Saturday 16 July, starting a fire that took almost 6 hours to extinguish.