One killed and five injured in Russian morning strike on Odesa – photos
One person has been killed and five injured in a Russian strike on the city of Odesa on the morning of 4 September.
Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Odesa City Military Administration, on Telegram; Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Quote: "Odesa's morning began with an enemy attack. At this point, three people are known to have been injured."
Details: Lysak later added that one person had been killed.
"Residential buildings and cars were damaged in one of the city's districts. All the appropriate services are working at the scene. The area is being inspected and the damage is being documented. An emergency response centre is being set up to help people," he added.
Update: Kiper reported that Russian forces had attacked civilian infrastructure in Odesa Oblast. One man was killed in the strikes and five people, including a child, were injured.
"Apartments, the facades and windows of two high-rise residential buildings have been damaged. A man has been killed and three women have been injured," he said.
Kiper added that Russian drones had also struck houses. Two houses were destroyed and a two-storey non-residential building, a car and a service vehicle were damaged. A man and a child were injured in this attack.
The State Emergency Service stated that apartments on the fifth to the seventh floors of a nine-storey building in Odesa had been destroyed, while neighbouring buildings and 28 cars had been damaged.
At other locations, a two-storey house and a non-residential building were destroyed.
As of 08:30, rescue workers had extinguished all the fires caused by the strikes.
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