Serhiivka missile strike
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Serhiivka missile strike | |
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Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Location | Serhiivka, Serhiivka settlement hromada, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine |
Date | 1 July 2022 01:00 AM[1] (UTC+3) |
Target | Residential building and recreation facility |
Attack type | Missile strike |
Deaths | 21+ (including an 11 year old boy)[2] |
Injured | 38 (including six children)[2] |
Perpetrators | Russian Armed Forces |
On 1 July 2022, at 01:00 AM (UTC+3), a Russian missile hit a residential building and two missiles hit a recreational center in Serhiivka, in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion (Odessa region).[2][3] The missile strike killed at least 21 people (including a 12 year old boy).[2] The event has signs of a war crime. July 2 was declared a day of mourning in the region.
Course of events
According to preliminary information, three Tu-22M3 aircrafts of the Russian Air Force flew from the Volgograd Oblast to Crimea,[4] and after 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) fired three Kh-22 missiles (intended to destroy aircraft carriers) in the direction of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district to the resort Serhiivka village.
One rocket hit a 9-story residential building, completely destroying one section.[5] The fire spread from the apartment building to the attached store.
The second missile hit a recreation center in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi region. The fire did not start at the recreation center.
Victims
According to preliminary data, at least 16 Ukrainian civilians were killed in the residential building and at least 5 (including a 12 year old boy) in the recreation center.[1] 38 were injured (including 6 children).[1] In addition to people, pets also have died[2].
Aftermath
2 July was declared a day of mourning in the region.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Ukraine war: Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region – emergency service". BBC News. 1 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Россия обстреляла курорт под Одессой, погиб 21 человек, в том числе один ребенок" (in Russian). BBC. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022.
- ^ Nazarchuk, Iryna (1 July 2022). "After Snake Island retreat, Russian missile attack kills 21 near Ukraine's Odesa". Reuters.
- ^ "Russia Ukraine War News LIVE Updates: 17 dead in missile strike on Odessa apartment building". The Times of India.
- ^ Auto, Hermes (1 July 2022). "14 dead in missile strike on Odessa apartment building | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- ^ "В Одессе и области объявили траур по жертвам трагедии в Сергеевке". USI. 1 July 2022.
External links
Media related to Missile strike on Serhiivka, 1 July 2022 at Wikimedia Commons
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