As a result of the strike on Odessa, 17 people were injured, including a child, and two floors of a high-rise building were destroyed (photo, video, updated)

Six people were injured as a result of morning shelling of Odessa by the occupiers.

A damaged section of a high-rise building with broken balconies and smoke rising from the upper floors.

According to the head of the city’s military administration, Sergei Lysak, all the victims were taken to hospitals, where they are receiving the necessary medical care.

The relevant services are working on the scene. Emergency response teams have been deployed to provide assistance.

According to Marat Korolev, head of the Primorsky District Administration, two floors of the damaged building were destroyed. It’s unclear whether the attack was caused by a rocket or a package.

“There’s extensive damage. We can see right now that over a thousand windows are broken. I think they’ll be working here for three or four days, covering the windows,” Korolev noted.

As a reminder, the strike damaged a multi-story building on Valery Samofalov Street.

UPDATED at 7:55 AM. OVA Head Oleh Kiper reported that the number of victims has risen to 12, including one child.

In addition, the blast wave damaged neighboring residential buildings and a low-pressure gas pipeline.

At another address, three more residential buildings were damaged, one of which was completely destroyed, as well as a gas pipeline.

UPDATED at 8:50 AM. The number of victims has risen to 17, and the youngest is only five months old, according to Sergei Lysak, head of the city’s military administration.
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