Russia Launch ‘Shaheds’ Against Odesa

People were injured, warehouses and an apartment block caught fire.

On the night of 16 April, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck Odesa with Shahed kamikaze drones, resulting in fire in several points of the locality. Rescuers arrived at the scene to deal with the fires. The Russians wounded three Ukrainians as a result, the State Emergency Service wrote.

The details of the night Russian drone strike in Odesa are reported in the morning statement of the State emergency service on the Telegram-channel.

Rescuers reported that residential houses and warehouses were on fire at several addresses. According to the State emergency service, three citizens were injured. It is noted that psychologists and police officers worked at the scene of the RF crime.

The post of the service also contains videos showing extinguishing the fire of a residential building. We can see how the firefighters have coped with the fire and light smoke is rising above the remains of the roof. The footage also shows the walls smashed through and the mangled remains of some household structures. One of the residents was calming a frightened dog, shows the record of the State Emergency Situations Service. In addition, two older women were standing under the gate, who were being calmed by rescuers and people close to them, it can be heard on the video.

‘We had a house. But everything will be fine, we will rebuild,’ assured one of the victims.

The press service of the State emergency service also showed photos from the sites of the Russian strike on 16 April. We see a fire that engulfed a civilian house and a completely destroyed structure.

In another photo - a car with broken glass, and next to it - unknown ruins and rubbish.

In addition, a representative of the psychological service, who was assisting the victim, was caught on camera.

The Attack of ‘Shaheds’ in Odesa - Details

At 21:32, the AFU air force warned of a wave of ‘Shaheds’ launches in southern Ukraine. The command reported that the enemy drones were travelling the course Chernomorsk-Odesa. Then, at 0:06, the Russians launched a missile that flew past Mykolaiv, but it was not clear if it was heading towards the neighbouring region. At around 1:40, the Air Force spotted a second wave of UAVs that were heading towards the Odesa region, the troops' Telegram channel said.

As confirmed by the mayor Gennady Trukhanov, at about 1:50 a series of powerful explosions were heard in the city. After that, local media wrote that a large-scale fire had broken out at the site, while the head of the Odesa city state administration, Oleg Kiper, added that Russian drones had damaged a residential building and civilian infrastructure. Kiper did not specify which infrastructure the Russians hit.

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