On the night of April 30, the Russian Federation launched a drone attack on Odesa, resulting in at least six people being injured. This was reported by the head of the city military administration, Serhiy Lysak.
This is reported by Finway
Consequences of the strike: residential buildings and an educational institution damaged
During the night attack, infrastructure facilities and the residential sector were hit. Among the damaged are a five-story residential building and a private household. Drones also struck the territory of a parking lot and an administrative building. As a result of the strike, one of Odesa’s educational institutions was also affected.
“As a result of the night drone attack, the infrastructure and residential sector were under fire – a five-story building and a private house were damaged. The enemy also hit the territory of a parking lot and an administrative building. As a result of the attack, an Odesa educational institution was affected,” Lysak wrote on Telegram.
Second wave of strikes and fire at the kindergarten
Later, it became known about a second wave of strikes by attack drones on the city. This time, hits were recorded on a high-rise building and a kindergarten building, where a fire broke out. Rescuers are working at the scene.
Russian forces continue to systematically attack Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure facilities with various types of weapons, including attack drones, missiles, and multiple launch rocket systems. Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify such actions as war crimes, emphasizing their targeted nature.
Shelling of vital systems for the population, medical facilities, as well as depriving people of access to electricity, heating, water, and medical assistance – all of this has the characteristics of genocidal actions, as confirmed by human rights defenders and experts. During the full-scale war, Russia has repeatedly carried out targeted strikes on civilian objects, trying to disrupt the livelihoods of the Ukrainian population.
The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted in 1948, obliges 149 member countries to take measures to prevent acts of genocide and to punish them both during wartime and in peacetime. Genocide is recognized as actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
At the same time, the leadership of Russia denies the fact of targeted attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure, despite numerous evidence of the destruction of hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy facilities, and water supply systems.