Rescue efforts are ongoing after Russian nighttime missile strikes killed at least 19 people and injured another 38 on the outskirts of Odesa.
Footage from the scene shows severely damaged residential buildings as rescue workers sift through the rubble. Entire apartments appear devastated, with pet cats also apparently killed in the attack.
The SES issued a further statement shortly before 11 a.m., saying that"as a result of a missile attack in Serhiivka village of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district, 19 people died." They said that this included 16 people who died when a residential building was hit and three people who died when a recreation center was hit, and that 38 people were injured and hospitalized, adding that"eight people were saved, including three children."
Rescue efforts are ongoing after Russian nighttime missile strikes killed at least 19 people and injured another 38 on the outskirts of the Odesa region in Ukraine.Zenger News contacted the State Emergency Service of Ukraine for further comment, as well as the Russian Defense Ministry, but had not received a reply at the time of writing.
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