Odesa Faces Critical Heating Crisis After Massive Russian Shelling

Massive Russian shelling of a residential area of Odesa has caused large-scale disruptions in electricity and heating supply.

According to the mayor of the city, Gennadiy Trukhanov, 14 schools, 13 kindergartens and more than 500 residential buildings in a large neighborhood were left without electricity and heating.

Photo: Odesa City Council

One victim is known to be hospitalized.

According to the mayor, the situation with heat supply in Odesa is critical. To prevent accidents in the system, utilities are forced to drain water from the pipes.

Hospitals, clinics and the city's social infrastructure have also sustained significant damage. In particular, a children's clinic and a kindergarten were damaged by the strike.

Photo: Odesa City Council

The local authorities opened heating stations and "Steadfastness Points" where people can keep warm, charge their phones, and drink hot tea.

On February 13, around 18:10, Russia launched a missile attack on a port infrastructure facility in Odesa. It has been preliminarily established that the attack was carried out by an Iskander-M ballistic missile.

On the night of February 14, Russian troops carried out another attack with attack drones, once again targeting port facilities in the region.

On the night of February 12-13, Odesa region was subjected to a large-scale attack by Russian drones. Explosions were heard both in Odesa and in the region. The main blow fell on Izmail district.

On February 9, a funeral was held in Pivdenne for Serhiy Maistrenko, a seaport worker who was killed on February 5 as a result of a Russian army missile strike on the city's civilian infrastructure.

On January 31, a Russian missile strike on the historic center of Odesa damaged the Philharmonic, museums: the literary, historical, local history, archaeological, and Western and Eastern art museums, as well as the Bristol Hotel.

Ірина Глухова