UPDATED: At night, russians attacked the centre of Odessa with missiles: historic architecture and residential buildings destroyed, one person killed

UPDATED at 5:20 p.m.:

Deputy Head of the Office of the President, Oleksiy Kuleba, reported that the number of casualties due to the strike has increased to 21 people. Moreover, Kuleba pointed out, the invaders had damaged at least 44 buildings, 25 of which were architectural monuments.

The Office of the Prosecutor General clarified that among them were buildings of the 19th-20th centuries, namely:

• House of Chizhevich;
• House of Papudova;
• House of Zabludovsky;
• House of Gagarin;
• House of Janusz;
• House of Zhdanova;
• Rassel del Turco House;
• House of Massa;
• Manuk-Bey's Mansion;
• House of Kovalevsky;
• House of Porro
• House of Mashevsky.

On the night of 23 July, the enemy attacked the Odessa Oblast with five types of missiles, deploying Kalibr, Oniks, Kh-22, and two modifications of the ballistic missile Iskander, a significant portion of which were shot down.

This was reported by the Operational Command South.

The rest caused destruction to port infrastructure, at least six residential buildings, including multi-storey buildings. Dozens of cars were destroyed, and a lot of city buildings suffered damage to facades and roofs, with windows blown out.

A russian missile hit one of the central squares in Odessa, destroying the cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (moscow Patriarchate). Two architectural monuments were damaged as well.

Several craters were formed around the city, and there were power line collapses, which may complicate traffic and likely cause changes to urban transport routes.

The Operational Command South also reported on the casualties of the attack.

"As of 5:25 a.m., we know of one fatality. One person was successfully rescued from the debris. Another 19 people were injured, including 4 children. 11 adults and 3 children have been hospitalised, while the rest are being treated on an outpatient basis", the report stated.