According to UNIAN correspondent data, an air threat was declared in Odesa at about 3:20 a.m. Monitoring channels warned that a large number of drones and rockets were flying towards Odesa.
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Soon explosions began to thunder in the city, and the attack lasted for several hours. Russian drones flew over residential buildings, some at a low altitude. During the attack, electricity and water supply were interrupted.
The head of the Odesa city military administration, Serhiy Lysak, confirmed on the Telegram platform that Odesa is being attacked by the enemy and, according to preliminary data, residential buildings and infrastructure were damaged.
At about 7 a.m., he reported that six injured people were known, who are receiving all necessary assistance.
“Residential buildings were damaged in several city districts. Cars also caught fire. All emergency and utility services are working at the incident sites. We are clarifying the details,” emphasized S. Lysak.
The extent of electricity and water supply disruptions is currently unknown. The smell of burning is felt in the city, and local residents report that fires broke out after the strikes.
Witnesses on the Telegram platform also reported that a hotel “connected to a residential building” was damaged in the historic center of Odesa, on Europe Street. It is reported that a cat was rescued from the building.
Later, the head of the Odesa regional military administration, Oleh Kiper, clarified on the Telegram platform that at least eight people were injured during the massive combined attack.
“The enemy used several dozen rockets and drones, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings. Odesa suffered the most. Several residential buildings were damaged and partially destroyed in two city districts. Also, residents’ cars were destroyed and damaged by fires,” emphasized the official.
He noted that of the eight injured, doctors assessed the condition of seven as moderate. Most of the victims suffered shrapnel wounds.
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Rescuers, medics, and utility workers are working at the strike sites.
The press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Odesa region reported that the strikes caused major destruction and fires in several city districts.
Specifically, a four-story residential building caught fire in the center of Odesa, with cars burning nearby. The State Emergency Service added that the fire covering an area of 1,000 square meters has already been extinguished.
Two private residential houses were burning at another address.
“According to preliminary data, eight people were injured. Psychologists from the State Emergency Service worked at the incident site,” the statement posted on Facebook reads.
Occupiers struck a 10-story building in Kharkiv
On the morning of August 9, the Russian military also launched an attack on the Saltivka district of Kharkiv. The Russians targeted residential buildings, the city mayor Ihor Terekhov reported.
The head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Synyehubov, reported on the Telegram platform that an enemy drone struck a 10-story residential building and destroyed the 7th to 10th floors. Then another strike was carried out, hitting a nearby high-rise building.
Two people were killed during the attack, I. Terekhov reported on Telegram. One seriously injured person was urgently hospitalized, and doctors are providing all necessary assistance.
People are still trapped in the building, and a rescue operation is underway. Despite the constant threat of new shelling, all emergency services are working in an enhanced mode.
According to Bohdan Hladkykh, head of the Emergency Situations Department of the Kharkiv City Council, the number of people injured in the attack on Kharkiv has risen to 18.
In a comment to “Novini.Live,” he also noted that rescuers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine evacuated 12 people from burning and smoke-filled apartments.
