The number of people killed due to the Russian missile attack has increased to 16, Oleg Kiper, the head of the region, has said, APA reports citing The Guardian.
Local media reported that among the dead are local residents, a doctor and a rescuer. Another 55 people, including seven employees of the State Emergency Service, were injured.
A day of mourning in the region has been declared for tomorrow according to state broadcaster Suspilne.
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The death toll from a Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa on Friday has risen from two to 14, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said, APA reports citing The Guardian.
46 people were injured.
Note that earlier, the regional governor said that a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa on Friday killed at least two people and wounded others.
“There are also seriously injured among the medics and rescuers. The total number of victims is being specified,” Reuters reports Oleh Kiper, the governor, said on Telegram messenger.
He added that the two killed were a medic and a rescuer, who rushed to the site after the first strike. Ukraine’s air force had announced a ballistic missile threat ahead of the blasts in the city.
Local media reported that “civilian infrastructure was damaged, 20 people were injured, five of whom were rescuers”. It said that a fire broke out at the initial point of impact, and then the rescuers were killed when it was struck again as they sought to extinguish the flames.
Citing rescue services, Suspilne reported “The impact also damaged ten private houses, a service station, a low-pressure gas pipeline and two fire and rescue vehicles. Currently, the fire on the gas pipeline and in a private house is being extinguished.”
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