Odesa strike injures eight as fires engulf warehouses and animal shelter
Eight people were injured in an overnight Russian strike on Odesa that hit warehouses, an educational facility and an animal shelter, Ukrainian authorities said.
Eight people were injured when Russia struck the Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said on Tuesday.
The attack damaged warehouses, an educational institution and its dormitory, an animal shelter and other civilian infrastructure, according to the agency. Large fires broke out across the affected sites.
"Large fires broke out, and efforts to extinguish them were complicated by repeated air raid alerts," said Marina Averina, a representative of the Odesa Regional State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
A manufacturing facility and warehouse buildings were among the targets hit, she said. Elsewhere in the region, residential buildings and trucks were damaged and cars caught fire.
According to Ukraine's Air Force, Russia attacked overnight with a Zircon anti-ship missile, two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from Russia's Kursk region, and 152 strike drones. Strikes were recorded at 24 locations, while downed drones or debris fell at 16 locations, the air force reported.
Emergency crews battled the blazes through the night, with repeated air raid alerts interrupting their work, the service said. The casualty figure was described as preliminary.