Russian attack on Odesa damages 25 historical landmarks. null

Twenty-five heritage landmarks in the Ukrainian city of Odesa have been damaged in the latest round of Russian missile strikes, head of the regional administration Oleh Kiper reports.

The buildings in question date back to the 18th and 19th centuries.

“The Russians deliberately directed their missiles at Odesa’s historical centre that is protected by UNESCO. The buildings that were created with hard work by great architects are now being destroyed by cynical monsters,” Kiper wrote.

In total, 44 buildings were damaged.

One person died.
21 people were injured, including four children.

These are the consequences of the terrorist shelling in Odesa today. Russia targeted residential buildings.

At least 44 buildings were damaged, 25 of which are architectural monuments. This is yet another attempt to kill peaceful Ukrainians, to erase our history and heritage of global significance. The occupiers, hiding behind "Orthodoxy," destroyed the world-famous Transfiguration Cathedral. Just like the Soviets did in the past, the Russian Federation is once again destroying this building.

The only goal of the Russians is to destroy. Ours is to defend our home and restore it to overcome the consequences of Russian crimes.

We will take revenge for each and every one of them.

One of the missiles damaged the Transfiguration Cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in Odesa that is run by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). People were performing round-the-clock prayers in Odesa’s Transfiguration Cathedral when Russia bombed it. No one was injured, Metropolitan Kliment,a senior member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, told Strana.ua.

The Russian Defence Ministry denies striking the Transfiguration Cathedral.

According to the agency, “the most likely reason behind the cathedral’s destruction is the crash of a Ukrainian anti-air guided missile due to inept actions of the air-defence system operators, which the Ukrainian army deliberately deploys to residential quarters of settlements”.

At the same time, the ministry claimed responsibility for the Odesa strikes. The agency said that the attack was carried out on facilities involved in preparation for terror attacks against Russia that envisioned using uncrewed boats as well as the sites that manufactured them in the city.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to retaliate.