Russia attacks Odesa with ballistic missiles again: first details

Late on Tuesday evening, April 30, Russian occupation forces struck Odesa with ballistic missiles again. Explosions were heard in the city.

First, the Ukrainian Air Force reported a threat of ballistic missile attacks from the south. The Odesa Regional Military Administration urged residents to take shelter until the end of the day.

"Very loud explosions are heard in the city, do not leave the shelters," Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov wrote.

According to the monitoring channels, at least two Iskander-M ballistic missiles were used to hit Odesa. Preliminary, the missiles were launched from Crimea.

In the evening of April 29, the Russian army attacked Odesa with Iskander missiles with shrapnel. Five people were killed, 32 people were injured. Civilian infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged.

One of the victims of the attack on Odesa was the vice-rector of the International Humanitarian University, Borys Vasiliev. Among those wounded in the attack on Odesa is former MP and rector of the Odesa Law Academy Serhii Kivalov. He was hospitalized with a shrapnel wound to his thigh and bleeding.

On April 30, a day of mourning was declared in the Odesa region because of the brutal missile attack.

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