Balgarianovinite.com Three people were injured in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa on Thursday morning, Oleg Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, said on his Telegram channel.
The injured include two men aged 24 and 49, respectively, and a 25-year-old woman. They have been taken to hospital and their condition is described as moderately serious, Kiper said.
All emergency services are working to deal with the aftermath of the attack. The morning missile attack lasted for ten minutes, from 8:42am local time, which is also Bulgarian time.
Earlier, Kiper reported that Odesa Region was subjected to a massive combined attack by Russian forces lasting more than seven hours. Air raid sirens were sounded at 12:54 a.m. local time on Thursday.
Throughout the night, the Russians shelled civilian infrastructure in the region with missiles and drones. A 16-story residential building, two educational institutions and a private house in Odesa were damaged, as well as infrastructure facilities, garages and residents’ vehicles.
A civilian vessel in the port of the Danube city of Reni was damaged by falling debris from a downed drone, the operational headquarters of the Izmail District State Administration said on its Facebook page.
The Bulgarian delegation’s visit
A Bulgarian delegation is currently in the city of Odesa for events marking the 205th anniversary of the town of Bolhrad, the centre of the Bulgarian community in Ukraine. The official delegation comprises Rositsa Kirova, chair of the Tourism Committee of the 52nd National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria; Zlatin Krustev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Ukraine; and Svetoslav Ivanov, Consul General of Bulgaria in Odesa.
From 24 to 26 August, the official guests held meetings with the Bulgarian community in Izmail, Bolhrad and the Bessarabian municipality in Bolhrad District. A meeting in Odesa is scheduled for today. BTA Director General Kiril Valchev also took part in the meetings as a member of the Bulgarian delegation.
More than 150,000 Bulgarians live in Odesa Region, according to the latest official Ukrainian census, making them the region’s third-largest ethnic community. Around 50,000-60,000 Bulgarians live in Odesa, while the largest compact Bulgarian communities are concentrated in Bolhrad, Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi districts.
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