Ukrainian authorities in Odessa have appealed for time to the population after reporting a Russian attack last night that has left the city virtually in darkness except for critical facilities such as hospitals.
The deputy head of the Presidential Office, Kiril Timoshenko, and the mayor of the city, Gennady Trujanov, have denounced Russian drone attacks that occurred before dawn and caused serious damage to the energy infrastructure.
Although «the situation is serious, but manageable», both officials explained that «restoration work is taking longer than usual». However, they remind that «the city has water supply and sewerage, all public services are working 24 hours» and hospitals and their maternity wards are protected, according to a message on Telegram picked up by the portal Rubryka.
On the attack, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has specified that approximately 15 drones were involved in the attack, including Iranian «Shakhed-136» aircraft, ten of which were intercepted, according to a message posted on its Facebook page.
The Ukrainian authorities also reported an attack on a maternity hospital in Kherson, which caused material damage but no casualties.
UKRAINIAN ATTACKS IN DONETSK For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced in the last hours new Ukrainian bombardments on several areas of Donetsk, in the east of the country and scene of an upsurge of fighting, which have left at least one wounded.
«The Ukrainian Armed Forces have attacked Donetsk three times in three minutes with NATO-caliber artillery,» the Ministry has made known in a statement picked up by the TASS agency, between 19.07 and 19.10.
«The Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of the city were under attack with standard NATO 155 mm artillery,» according to the Ministry, which noted the impact of at least 10 shells. Earlier, another attack was recorded in the Kievski district, in which a woman was wounded, according to local pro-Russian authorities.
