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Russian attack on Odesa injures 3

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Russian attack on Odesa injures 3
An image showing the damage in a neighborhood of summer cottages in Odesa district as a result of a Russian attack on Nov. 10, 2023. (Southern Defense Forces / Telegram).

A Russian attack on Odesa district injured three people, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper reported on Nov. 10.

One of the wounded, a 96-year-old woman, is receiving treatment in hospital after she was found under the rubble of a summer cottage.  

Her condition is stable, Kiper said. Two others, aged aged 72 and 73, were treated for minor injuries.

The air alert sounded in Odesa at around 7:35 p.m. local time and lasted around half an hour. The Southern Defense Forces reported that two rockets had hit the area.

An alert for attack drones sounded again at around 9:15 p.m, followed by the third alert of the evening at around 10:15 p.m.

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A Russian missile struck a civilian ship in a port in Odesa Oblast, killing one person on board and injuring four others, the Southern Defense Forces reported on Nov. 8. The port pilot was killed and another port worker was injured when a Russian Kh-31P air-to-surface missile hit the ship above its…
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Elsa Court is the audience development manager at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a news editor at the Kyiv Independent and was an intern at the Kyiv Post in 2018. She has a Master’s in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from Utrecht University. Elsa is originally from the UK.

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