BREAKING NEWS: Russians attacked Odessa region: there are 2 dead, the number of injured has increased to 10 (photo, video)

Larisa Kozova10:14, 17.07.26

The impact damaged a kindergarten, a church, and residential buildings, and destroyed a service station.

In the morning, the Russian army launched a missile strike on the Odessa region, destroying a service station and injuring 10 people.

As an UNIAN correspondent reports, the alarm was sounded around five and around seven in the morning. Monitors warned of a missile attack, “Banderola”, explosions were heard in the city.

Later, the head of the Odessa OVA, Oleg Kiper, reported that in the Odessa district, a service station was destroyed as a result of shelling and then caught fire. The fire also engulfed cars parked nearby.

And the press service of the Odessa Regional Prosecutor’s Office added that, according to preliminary information, two men aged 44 and 60 were injured in this attack.

In addition, according to Kiper, the number of people injured in the nighttime rocket attack in Odessa has increased to 10, including children. Two people died, including a woman who was walking in the park with her children.  

The prosecutor’s office  added that the strike damaged a kindergarten building, two apartment buildings, a three-story and a five-story residential building, a church, a park, and 7 cars.

“Two people died on the spot from the hostile attack: a 61-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man,” the prosecutor’s office added.

The injured include a 9-year-old and 13-year-old boys, three women aged 22-41, and four men aged 19-60. A 22-year-old and a 41-year-old woman are in serious condition in hospital.

As it became known, the Odessa People’s Church (Evangelical Christian Church) was damaged at night, as reported by its pastor Roman Medyanyk.

“During the enemy shelling, a landing occurred in the park next to the church. The blast wave damaged the building: windows and doors flew out, the vehicle (a minibus – UNIAN) suffered significant damage… Now we are starting work to eliminate the consequences…”, he wrote on the social network and published photos and videos showing the consequences of the Russian attack.

(C)UNIAN 2026

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