Ukraine: Russian attack causes heavy damage to residential building in Odesa
<p>A Russian airstrike caused extensive damage to a high-rise residential building in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on the Black Sea coast, according to Serhii Lysak, head of the city’s military administration.</p>
On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine reported that 12 people, including an Indian citizen, were killed in recent Russian attacks across various Ukrainian cities. The victim, identified as 40-year-old Sudarshan Bhabhilala from Gujarat, sustained fatal head injuries during the assault. Another casualty, 35-year-old Ganesh Kalleda from Telangana, is recovering in a stable condition after sustaining a leg injury.
President Zelenskyy expressed condolences to all those who suffered losses due to the ongoing strikes. He detailed that the attacks affected multiple regions, including Kyiv, Odesa, Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, and Dnipro. In Kyiv, a strike on a railway depot resulted in the death of seven people; Boryspil witnessed damage to a five-story residential building, leading to the evacuation of 50 individuals and the injury of four.
The Ukrainian president highlighted the extensive use of jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles in these attacks, emphasizing the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure and residential areas. He also condemned Russia's strategy of deliberately targeting civilians, urging for enhanced air defense support to aid Ukraine in its ongoing conflict.
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