
In Odessa, 20 people were killed as a result of Russia's missile attack, 75 were injured, 40 of them are in the hospital by the morning of Saturday. This was announced by the head of the local administration Oleg Kiper. Nine victims are employees of the rescue service who arrived at the place to provide assistance after the first explosion. The rescuer and paramedic died.
The Russian State Agency TASS, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, reports that according to their version, the blow came along the “group of Western mercenaries” in the Mriya sanatorium in Odessa. When attacking, "about 100 mercenaries were killed, even more than 100 were injured."
Russian "military commissars" also stated that strikes were struck by the location of the personnel of the Armed Forces. Rozhin claims that the Ukrainian military was located in the territory of the Victoria children's camp. Yuri Kotenk writes about the death of the deputy chief of the Odessa police Dmitry Abramenko, as well as the commander of the Tsunami battalion (part of the national police brigade "Fierce") Alexander Gostushchev. The death of the guests of the guests was confirmed by local officials on their pages on social networks. According to the Two Majors Z-channel, 550 people died in total, all of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including two generals.
On March 16, Odessa was declared a mourning day. Cyper expressed condolences to the families of the dead.