Russia launched a massive strike on Odesіa overnight Wednesday, injuring four civilians, including a child. Several schools, kindergartens, and more than 500 buildings were damaged, with a children's clinic and a kindergarten suffering severe destruction. Due to attack, two district boiler houses, Pivdenna-1 and Pivdenna-2, lost power. As a result, 489 residential buildings, 13 kindergartens, 14 schools, and 9 medical facilities are currently without heating.
This was reported by the press service of Odesa’s municipal heating company.
Specialists are working to drain the heat carrier from the main above-ground heating networks, while utility services are carrying out similar work in residential and non-residential buildings.
"There isn't a single window or door left intact in the children's clinic. A large diesel generator and a hematology analyzer were completely destroyed," said Serhii Horishchak, director of the Kompas clinic.
The full extent of the damage is still unknown, as staff will only be able to assess it once they can enter the building. In the kindergarten, not a single window remains intact. According to the head of the Odessa Department of Education and Science, recovering from the attack will take time. However, all municipal services are already working, with support from parents and teachers.
The Red Cross has also offered assistance in restoring the kindergarten.
"Last night, volunteers from the Ukrainian Red Cross rapid response unit in Odessa region were on-site following the large-scale strike on Odessa. They provided first aid to three injured individuals and psychological support to ten others," the URC reported on Facebook on Wednesday.
A mobile heating station was set up at the affected location, offering residents a place to warm up, charge their phones, and have some hot tea or coffee.
Additionally, the URC will distribute construction materials today to help residents temporarily repair windows damaged by the attack.
A private children's dental clinic was also damaged by the drone strike.
