Three people injured as a result of Russian attack on Odesa – photo, video
Russian forces attacked Odesa on 21 July, damaging a residential building and injuring three people, two of whom have been hospitalised.
Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Odesa City Military Administration; Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration; Serhii Krasylenko, Deputy Head of Odesa City Military Administration
Quote from Kiper: "The enemy launched a missile and drone attack on the region.
Civilian infrastructure facilities – residential buildings and some administrative buildings – were damaged in the city centre of Odesa."
Details: Lysak later confirmed that a 17-year-old boy and a 23-year-old young woman had been injured in the attack.
According to Lysak, they are receiving all the necessary medical treatment. Further details regarding the aftermath of the attack are being confirmed.
Video: Odesa City Military Administration
Update: Later, Krasylenko reported that three people had been injured.
According to Krasylenko, a 17-year-old boy with a shrapnel wound to his back and a 23-year-old woman with a cut to her leg had been taken to hospital. Another person received medical treatment at the scene and did not require hospitalisation.
Krasylenko also noted that Russian forces had struck one of Odesa's central streets in the middle of the working day.
According to Kiper, a residential building in the Odesa district was also damaged by the blast wave from a missile strike.
Background: Three people were killed and six others injured in a Russian strike on a privately owned civilian business in Odesa on the afternoon of 20 July.
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