““Last night the enemy attacked Odessa by causing large -scale destruction””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Last night, the enemy attacked Odessa, causing large -scale destruction. The fires that arose after the shelling were eliminated by rescuers together with the volunteers of the Ukrainian Firefighters Association. Damaged polyclinic building, 24-storey residential building, kindergarten and several cars, ”the message reads.
Earlier, Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov reported that 14 schools, 13 kindergartens and a residential neighborhood in more than 500 homes remained without light on the evening of February 18, without light and heating.
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“One of the largest areas of our city is more than 250 thousand inhabitants, more than 500 houses – left without heating and light. We already understand that the situation with heat supply is very difficult, so we make a decision to drain water so that there is no deterioration of the situation, ”Trukhanov said in a video that he published in his telegram channel.
He added that in the Kyiv district of the city on February 19, schooling and attending kindergartens will be canceled.
According to Trukhanov, as a result of the impact, the children’s polyclinic and kindergarten are “significantly damaged”.
Russian military regularly from various weapons – UAVs, missiles, booths, RSSUs – attacked Ukrainian regions.
The Russian leadership denies that during a full -scale war, the Russian army causes purposeful strikes in the civilian infrastructure of cities and villages of Ukraine, killing civilian populations and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply.
Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful.