site.btaTwo Injured in Missile Attack on Odesa

Two people were injured following a missile attack carried out in Odesa on late Friday morning, Oleh Kiper, Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, said on Telegram. 

"According to preliminary information, two people were injured: a 43-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman. The man was seriously injured, while the woman sustained injuries of moderate severity," Kiper wrote. 

Damage was caused to civilian infrastructure, including an enterprise, a hospital and a college, he added.

At around 11:30 a.m., Odesa was attacked with two missiles launched from the Black Sea area.

Bulgarians in the Odesa region number over 150,000, making them the third-largest ethnic group according to the latest official census in Ukraine. Around 50,000–60,000 Bulgarians live in the city of Odesa alone. The largest concentrated Bulgarian populations outside the city of Odesa are in the Bolhrad, Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi districts.