Two DIY superstores ablaze in Odesa following Russian attack – video

Russian forces carried out a large-scale attack on Odesa Oblast on the morning of 24 August, with fires raging at two Epicentr home improvement superstores in Odesa. Five people are known to have been injured.

Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration; Yuliia Chudnovets, head of the public relations department at Epicentr, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda

Quote from Kiper: "Odesa Oblast is once again under a large-scale enemy missile and drone attack. The main strike hit food storage facilities and energy infrastructure. Some houses were also damaged and fires have broken out."

Details: Kiper added that no information on casualties has been reported so far.

Yuliia Chudnovets, head of Epicentr's public relations department, told Ukrainska Pravda that the Russians hit two superstores in Odesa.

Quote from Chudnovets: "Two Epicentr stores in Odesa have been hit. Firefighting efforts are underway and information on the aftermath of the attack, including possible casualties, is still being gathered."

More details: Meanwhile, local Telegram channels are posting footage of a huge fire at Epicentr.

Local media outlet Dumska has reported that a superstore is burning in the Kotovskyi area, in the city's Peresypskyi district, as well as another store in the 7th Kilometre area, in the Khadzhybeiskyi district.

Update: Kiper later added that five people are known to have been injured in the strikes on warehouse facilities in Odesa Oblast.

Quote from Kiper: "Three of them have been hospitalised in a moderate condition. All those injured are receiving the necessary assistance. Work to deal with the aftermath of the attack is ongoing at the sites."

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