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Russian forces struck residential buildings in Odesa in a single day on June 20, injuring at the least 13 folks, together with three emergency employees, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported.
The assault, which the service described as "huge," rang out round 1 a.m. native time. The assault drones struck over 10 targets, together with seven residential constructing, and led to a number of large-scale fires.
On the web site of one of many assaults, a 23-story residential constructing caught hearth between the 18th and twentieth flooring, and led to the evacuation of over 600 folks.
In a separate assault on a four-story constructing throughout the metropolis, three firefighters had been injured when structural parts collapsed on the responders. The constructing is described as being "utterly engulfed in flames," in response to the State Emergency Service.
The three injured firefighters are at the moment hospitalized in steady situation. Further data on the assaults in addition to casualties are being clarified as search efforts beneath rubble and particles proceed.
Odesa, a port metropolis on Ukraine’s Black Beach with a inhabitants of round 1 million, has been a frequent goal of Russian assaults all through the full-scale struggle.
On June 10, a missile and drone assault on Odesa killed two folks and injure eight.
Russia has continued to extend the frequency and severity of its assaults on Ukrainian cities, whereas rejecting a ceasefire in Ukraine. In a single day on June 17, Russia launched one in all its largest assaults on Kyiv for the reason that begin of full-scale struggle in February 2022, killing 30 folks and injuring 172 others.
The Kyiv IndependentOlena Goncharova