Missile Strike on Odesa: Casualties, Destruction, and Support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Participants of the "Money for the Armed Forces" campaign gathered on Saturday for a traditional meeting near the Bristol Hotel in the center of Odesa, which was hit by a Russian missile the day before.

According to the participants of the picket, the front line does not go as far as it seems, and the missile strike in the center of Odesa confirmed this.

"Only the determination of everyone and the willingness of the authorities to help the front can really stop the enemy," the activists insist.

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Meanwhile, the number of civilians injured in a Russian missile strike on Friday evening, January 31, reached seven.

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On January 31, in the evening, the Russian armed forces attacked Odesa with ballistic missiles, presumably of the Iskander type. In the central part of the city, the building of the Bristol Hotel was destroyed, windows were smashed and facades in nearby buildings and premises were damaged.

The claims that the head of Ukraine's intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, was staying at the hotel turned out to be false. Instead, diplomats from Norway were staying there. Air raids were sounded throughout the night.

Before that, Russian troops had been continuously terrorizing Odesa region with attack drones for the fourth night in a row. On the night of January 31, four people were injured in a strike. Two of them were hospitalized at the Black Sea Hospital, where they received the necessary medical care. Among the victims is a surgeon who was injured by glass shards during surgery.

The hostile strike caused problems with electricity supply to parts of Chornomorsk and the suburbs. DTEK specialists are already working to restore electricity to homes.

At dawn on January 30, the occupiers attacked Izmail district of Odesa region with attack drones. There were no casualties, but there was destruction.

On the night of January 29, Russian troops also attacked the Izmail district of Odesa region using UAVs.

On January 28, Russians attacked Odesa with kamikaze drones. Three people were injured in the attack, and another person was rescued from a blocked apartment. The blast wave smashed windows in many buildings. City services worked all day to eliminate the consequences of the attack. An operational headquarters was set up in the city. However, the enemy attacked not only with drones but also with a missile. Ukrainian air defense destroyed the missile, but the wreckage of the downed drones damaged four residential high-rises and five country houses.

Кирило Бойко