A married couple has been killed and two children are among those injured in a Russian drone strike on the city of Odesa on the evening of 27 June.

Source : Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov; Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details : Trukhanov and Kiper reported that rescue workers had retrieved the bodies of the couple after a Russian drone hit their apartment.

Russian drone hit a high-rise building

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Firefighters extinguishing fire

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Shattered windows

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Kiper said two children injured in the attack are in medical facilities: a seven-year-old boy in a moderate condition and a three-year-old child who was poisoned by the products of combustion.

Later, Kiper added that four adults had been injured. All of them were hospitalised in a moderate condition.

The State Emergency Service reported that Russia had hit a 21-storey residential building in Odesa. A fire broke out on the sixth, seventh and eighth floors due to the strike. People were trapped in their apartments.

Росія вчергове атакувала Одесу БпЛА: двоє загиблих, серед постраждалих – діти. Відео: ДСНС pic.twitter.com/Xib1RCNUk0

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Quote from the State Emergency Service : "Five people were rescued, including a small child.

Early reports indicate that two people were killed and at least four injured."

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