Since the beginning of the invasion, Russians have destroyed almost 1300 houses in Odesa

Since the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, the total number of damaged objects in Odesa is 3,232, of which 1,295 are residential buildings.

This was stated by the head of Odesa Hennadii Trukhanov during an emergency meeting.

"The scale of the destruction our city has suffered since the first day of the war, the numbers are really impressive in a negative sense," he said.

Trukhanov noted that the city authorities will support Odesa residents in restoring damaged buildings.

"The city authorities continue to look for resources and partners among both state and international organizations to provide vital support to residents. We are also mobilizing internal reserves, specialists, infrastructure and volunteer initiatives to respond quickly and with dignity," he added.

At an extraordinary meeting of the executive committee of Odesa City Council, members of the executive committee approved the decision to partially dismantle four houses near the station and one on Serednyi Street and to completely dismantle part of a house and a house on Novoselskogo Street and a private house on Vynohradna Street.

The owners of the apartments and houses will be able to receive compensation under the state program"eRestoration" or housing certificates to purchase new housing.

In June, at a regular meeting of the executive committee, members of the committee agreed to compensate residents of the houses on Yaroslav Mudryi Avenue and Skisna Street that were hit by Russian missiles. According to Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, 13 apartment owners on Skisna Street have already applied for compensation totaling more than UAH 18.3 million. According to the commission, four apartments in the house on Yaroslav Mudryi Street were destroyed. The owners of three of them have already applied for compensation totaling UAH 6.7 million.

In May, an extraordinary executive committee announced the dismantling of four residential buildings that had been completely destroyed by Russian shelling. The deputies decided that the dismantling would be carried out on Skisna, Agronomichna, Zadniprovsky and Mykola Borovskoho streets.

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