A blow to Odessa: the paleontological museum, the building of the gymnasium and a dormitory were damaged

According to him, windows and glass shelves were damaged in the paleontological museum, which is located in the main building of the university. Workers are currently removing glass from exhibits.

“There is destruction of the premises – broken windows. The exposition itself was not damaged, only the ceiling on one exhibit fell. The wave knocked out the windows. Today, we are solving the issue with the glass, because the film will not save the exhibits from rain and frost,” said the rector.

In Odesa, the paleontological museum and the building of the gymnasium were damaged as a result of the attack/ Photo: Nina Lyashonok, Ukrinform

Also, windows were broken by the blast wave in the Great Chemical and Great Physics auditoriums of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of ONU.

Dormitory No. 2, located on Novoselskyi Street, was also damaged. None of the employees or students were injured.

Damage from shelling at the university has not yet been calculated.

The Odesa Paleontological Museum is one of the oldest in Ukraine. It began its history in 1873, when the outstanding zoologist and paleontologist Volodymyr Kovalevsky presented the university with the first large collection of fossil remains of freshwater molluscs that were found in the south of France.

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As reported by Ukrinform, in Odesa as a result Russian attack on November 14 left one person dead and at least ten injured, including a child.