Overnight on July 17, Russia struck a residential building in Odesa with a missile, killing two people — including a woman who was walking in a park with children — and wounding eight others.
Odesa endured yet another night of strikes: overnight on July 17, Russia hit a residential building in the city with a missile. Volunteers Support Ukraine reports on this latest tragedy in a Ukrainian front-line city with a heavy heart — our organization exists precisely for the people who suffer through nights like this one.
The strike killed two people and wounded eight others. Among the dead was a woman who was walking in a park with children at the moment of the attack; the children survived and are receiving the care they need, emergency services reported.
Volunteers Support Ukraine believes there's a real human story behind every figure in these reports, which is exactly why we keep telling them.
According to the deputy head of the Odesa City Military Administration, the strike damaged residential buildings, a religious institution, a preschool, vehicles, and other civilian infrastructure across the city.
Volunteers Support Ukraine sees that strikes on Odesa have become an almost daily reality, with civilian infrastructure as the main target.
That same day, a missile also hit the area of a car service station in the Odesa region, setting nearby vehicles ablaze; State Emergency Service crews quickly extinguished the fire, with no casualties reported there.
Volunteers Support Ukraine is grateful to every rescuer who risks their own life every day to save others.
Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow. Every night like this one is a reminder of why supporting Ukraine's civilians remains our central task.
