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Russian drone strike on Odesa kills married couple, injures multiple civilians

Three children among the victims. 

Russian drone strike on Odesa kills married couple, injures multiple civilians
Damaged high-rise building in Odesa
Photo: Telegram/Oleh Kiper

Oleh Kiper, Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, reported on the attack on Odesa, which Russia carried out shortly before midnight.

According to the Head of the Odesa RMA, 14 people were injured as a result of the night drone strike, three of them children.

The Russians directed strike drones at the city and the Region. Damage to civilian infrastructure has been recorded. There is a fire in a residential building, and cars have been hit.

Two injured children are in hospital: a 7-year-old boy, whose condition is assessed as moderate, and a 3-year-old toddler who was poisoned by combustion products.

Four adults are also known to have been injured, all of whom have been hospitalised.

Later, Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov reported that rescuers had found the bodies of a married couple who died when a drone hit their apartment.