This was announced by Oleg Kiper, the head of Odesa OVA.
The number of victims is increasing. 20 people were injured. At least two of them are in serious condition.
A 12-year-old boy is among the injured. Doctors provide assistance to the victims.
The residence of politician Serhii Kivalov, popularly called "Harry Potter's castle", is on fire in Odesa.
The mass media report that a former deputy of the Party of Regions was also injured. There is a video on social media showing him being taken away by an ambulance.
Photos of bloodied bodies near the sea on the health route leading to the beach are being shared on social networks.
PHOTO AUTHOR, ODESSA CITY Theft Before the strike in southern Ukraine, a ballistic threat was announced.
Civil infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged in Odesa - the consequences are being clarified, the city council reported.
The Russians have been shelling Odesa since the first days of the invasion.
Rockets hit the city on April 24. Then one woman was injured. About 30 houses were damaged.
On the night of April 23 to 24, children aged 12 and 9 and two children, who are not even a year old, were injured by a drone attack in Odesa.
PHOTO AUTHOR, ODESSA TELEGRAM INFO
Enhanced attacks
On the night of April 26-27, Russia launched an unusual combined missile attack on Ukraine. Rockets from Tu-95MS and "daggers" attacked Stryi near Lviv, Prykarpattia and Dnipro. The main goal was energy.
That night it was possible to shoot down 6 out of 8 Kalibr cruise missiles flying from the Black Sea. These sea-based missiles have not flown into Ukraine for a long time.
Russia attacked four thermal power plants of DTEK, where "equipment was seriously damaged."
Attacks on energy facilities were reported in Dnipropetrovsk region, there are also water supply interruptions, in Lviv region and Prykarpattia.
AUTHOR OF THE PHOTO, ODESKA OVA Caption for the photo, Consequences of shelling of Odessa in March
In the spring of 2024, Russia began a new campaign to destroy the Ukrainian energy industry - it destroyed at least three thermal power plants near Kharkiv, Burshtyn and Kyiv. A number of hydroelectric power plants were also significantly damaged, in particular in Zaporizhzhia and Kanev.
That is, Russia focused on the destruction of shunting generation, which helped to survive the peak loads of the network.
The authorities announced huge destruction of the energy sector, and in many areas it was necessary to introduce schedules for turning off electricity. In general, Kharkiv found itself on the verge of an energy disaster.
On March 21, after a month-long break, Russia carried out the first massive spring strike that hit Kyiv. 17 people were injured in the capital and the region, but the rockets were shot down.
Residential buildings, kindergartens and industrial facilities were destroyed in Kyiv and the region.
