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Russia attacked the southern metropolis of Odesa in a single day on June 28, killing two individuals and injuring not less than 14 others, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported.
The drone assault hit a 21-story constructing, inflicting a fireplace on the seventh, eighth, and ninth flooring that left residents trapped of their residences. First responders rescued 5 individuals, together with a small baby.
Two individuals, a married couple, had been killed within the assault, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper reported. Emergency staff recovered their our bodies from the broken constructing.
A minimum of 14 different civilians had been injured, together with three kids. Each are receiving therapy in medical amenities, Kiper mentioned.
Ongoing air raid alarms all through the night time difficult rescue efforts, the State Emergency Service mentioned.
Odesa, a port metropolis on Ukraine's Black Coastline with a inhabitants of round 1 million, has been a frequent goal of Russian assaults because the full-scale invasion. An enormous Russian drone strike on June 20 killed one civilian and injured 14 others, together with three first responders.
Russian missile and drone assaults on Ukrainian cities have intensified dramatically in Might and June.
The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent news desk