{"id":30126,"date":"2026-09-18T20:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=30126"},"modified":"2026-09-18T20:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:01:26","slug":"ataka-rf-odesa-postrazhdali-riatuvalnyky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/ataka-rf-odesa-postrazhdali-riatuvalnyky\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia attacked the centre of Odesa: 10 people were injured, including rescue workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">The Russian attack on the centre of Odesa on 18 September damaged an 11-storey office block and caused a fire on several floors. As of this evening, 10 people are known to have been injured, including two State Emergency Service staff members who were hurt during a second strike on the site of the emergency rescue operations. The regional and city authorities have reported on the consequences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the centre of Odessa, a drone struck an 11-storey office block.<\/li>\n<li>The fire spread across several floors, damaging the fa\u00e7ade and the windows.<\/li>\n<li>Ten people were injured; most of the injuries were caused by flying debris.<\/li>\n<li>Two State Emergency Service staff members were injured during a second blast.<\/li>\n<li>More than 70 firefighters were called in to deal with the aftermath.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The strike caused a fire in the administrative building<\/h2>\n<p>On Friday, one of the Russian strikes hit a crowded area in the centre of Odesa. According to the Air Force, the city was attacked by a jet-powered drone; the explosion occurred at 16:02.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/brovarskyi-raion-pozhezha-sklady-ataka-rf\/\">Drone<\/a> It struck an 11-storey office block. The windows were shattered and the fa\u00e7ade was damaged, whilst the fire spread across several floors. Emergency services, paramedics and other response teams arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n<h2>People were taking shelter when the first strike hit<\/h2>\n<p>At the time of the first strike, the people inside the administrative building were taking shelter. According to local authorities, this helped to prevent a higher death toll.<\/p>\n<p>According to the regional prosecutor\u2019s office, eight civilians were hospitalised with injuries: two women aged 37 and 43, and six men aged between 38 and 55. Local authorities noted that most of the injuries were caused by shrapnel; treatment was provided either at the scene or in medical facilities, depending on the condition of the patients.<\/p>\n<h2>A second blast injured State Emergency Service staff<\/h2>\n<p>About half an hour after the first attack, Russian troops struck the site again, where emergency rescue operations were under way. Two staff members were injured<a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/naslidky-ataky-kyivshchynu\/\"> SES<\/a>; according to the information available, their lives are not in danger.<\/p>\n<p>Psychologists from the State Emergency Service were also on site, providing support to those affected and to people in the vicinity of the impact zone. More than 70 firefighters were deployed to the scene. Firefighters are extinguishing the blaze and clearing away the damaged structures, whilst local authorities are assessing the extent of the damage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia attacked the centre of Odesa on 18 September: a fire broke out in an administrative building, injuring 10 people, including two State Emergency Service rescue workers.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":30125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u044f \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0438 18 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f: \u0432 \u0430\u0434\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0431\u0443\u0434\u0456\u0432\u043b\u0456 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0436\u0430, \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0438 10 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0439, \u0437\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u0434\u0432\u043e\u0454 \u0440\u044f\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u0414\u0421\u041d\u0421.","rank_math_title":"\u0410\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0443 18 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f: 10 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0445 \u0456 \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0436\u0430","rank_math_focus_keyword":"18 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806775],"class_list":["post-30126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-suspilstvo","tag-806775"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30128,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30126\/revisions\/30128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}