Four civilians injured in Russian drone attack on Odessa

He said 500 buildings, 14 schools and 13 kindergartens were affected, while morning temperatures in the city dropped to minus 6 degrees Celsius.

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Site of the Russian drone attack, Photo: REUTERS
Site of the Russian drone attack, Photo: REUTERS
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A Russian drone strike on the southern Ukrainian region of Odessa injured four people, including a child, and caused a power outage, local officials said, Reuters reports.

The "massive" attack damaged civilian infrastructure, including a kindergarten, a children's clinic and windows on high-rise buildings, Governor Oleh Kiper said.

Mayor Henadiy Trukhanov said that energy workers were assessing the consequences for one of the city's largest districts, with 250.000 residents, which was left without heating and electricity.

He said 500 buildings, 14 schools and 13 kindergartens were affected, while morning temperatures in the city dropped to minus six degrees Celsius.

Trukhanov said that "the heating situation is very difficult" according to preliminary estimates and announced that schools and kindergartens in the district would not work today.

The footage he released from the scene shows buildings with damaged roofs, windows, facades, and doors.

Odessa was frequently targeted by Russian attacks during the nearly three years of war, especially facilities in the ports in and around the city.

Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians, although thousands of people have been killed since it launched a full-scale invasion of the neighboring country in February 2022.

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