On the night of April 23, the Russians attacked the south of Ukraine with Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs. The residential sector of Odessa fell under the enemy's sights.
As a result of the enemy attack on the city, damage was recorded to almost 60 apartments in 22 houses. Nine people were also injured, including four children. This is a boy and a girl of 5 and 9 months and two boys of 9 and 12 years. Children and three adults with injuries of varying severity were taken to the hospital. This is reported inOdessa Regional Prosecutor's Officeand.
The dwellings of the Odessa residents turned into ruins. Some lost everything because they ran out of the house in the middle of the night without any belongings, or only with a phone in their hands. In the apartment of the family with the baby, only a refrigerator and a washing machine survived.
“A two-story residential building, commercial facilities and cars were damaged. Shingles were knocked out in residential buildings and buildings adjacent to the places where the debris fell,” the press service of the prosecutor's office said. Law enforcers began an investigation into the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Municipal workers worked on the site, helping residents of the affected houses to retrieve the surviving belongings from their apartments. At the moment, the city authorities have offered people places for temporary residence.
Commander of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk reportedthat Ukrainian air defense forces managed to shoot down 15 of 16 enemy kamikaze drones.
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