Russian strike on Odesa damages houses and cars – photos, video

Russian forces attacked the city of Odesa on the night of 19-20 May, damaging residential buildings and cars and causing destruction.

Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Odesa City Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote: "Several residential buildings and cars were damaged in a large-scale enemy attack. A single-storey building was completely destroyed."

Details: Rescue workers and all the appropriate city services are working at the scene, and an operational headquarters is being set up.

Information on casualties is being confirmed.

Update: The State Emergency Service reported in the morning that a Russian drone had also struck the 17th floor of an unfinished 24-storey residential building. In addition, a large fire broke out in a warehouse building.

A total of 86 rescue workers and 20 fire appliances and units of special equipment from the State Emergency Service were involved in dealing with the aftermath, along with four people and one vehicle from the Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Ukraine.

Background:

• Russian forces struck Dnipro on the night of 19-20 May. Five people were injured and a fire broke out in the city.
• Russian forces attacked the city of Konotop and the Shostka hromada in Sumy Oblast. A high-rise residential building was hit and people may be trapped under the rubble. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

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