KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian air assault struck a residential constructing and vitality installations on Thursday night in and close to Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa, killing one particular person, injuring 10 and knocking out a boiler plant used for heating, officers mentioned.
“A multi-storey residential building was destroyed in the centre of Odesa, apartments were set on fire, high-rise apartments were damaged, along with about 30 cars,” Odesa Regional Governor Oleh Kiper mentioned on Telegram.
“Enemy fire also damaged the main central heating pipeline. The boiler plant has been temporarily shut down and repair work is under way.”
Odesa’s mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov mentioned the assault briefly left over 40,000 individuals with out heating. Heating infrastructure for one of many metropolis’s maternity hospitals was additionally broken, he mentioned.
Engineers completed the repairs by the morning and heating would resume for impacted shoppers throughout the subsequent few hours, Trukhanov added.
Ukraine’s air drive mentioned that it shot down 25 out of 29 drones and certainly one of two Kh-59/69 guided missiles launched by Russia throughout an in a single day assault.
Odesa has been a frequent Russian goal within the greater than 2 1/2-year-old warfare, as have the port amenities situated close to the town.
