Strike on Serhiivka in Odesa Oblast: casualty toll increases

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO — SATURDAY, 9 JULY 2022, 00:08

The number of casualties has increased to 22 as a result of a Russian missile strike on 1 July in the village of Serhiivka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa Oblast,.

Source: Serhii Bratchuk, spokesman for Odesa Oblast Military Administration

Direct speech: "On 7 July, a 53-year-old employee of a recreation centre, who had been injured during a Russian Federation missile attack on Serhiivka, died in hospital. The death toll has therefore increased to 22."

Background:

On the night of 30 June-1 July, Russian forces conducted a missile strike on Odesa Oblast. One of the missiles hit a 9-storey building, and missiles also struck a recreation centre.

Pivden (South) Operational Command reported that the Russian invaders had hit the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district of Odesa Oblast with three X-22 missiles, launched from the Black Sea.

21 people were killed as a result of the strike on Serhiivka, according to the latest data.