At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Monday, Ukrainian authorities say.
The office of Ukraine's Prosecutor General released dramatic video footage of the attack, which showed dozens of bomblets exploding in a location close to the seafront in a matter of seconds.
Different recordings and pictures shared by authorities showed flares inundating the cone-formed pinnacles and top of an instructive establishment referred to locally as "Harry Potter palace" because of its likeness to a Scottish baronial heap.
Ukrainian specialists accept Russia utilized an Iskander long range rocket and bunch weapons to complete the assault. "Metal parts and rocket trash were recuperated inside a 1.5 km (almost 1 mile) sweep from the assault site," Ukraine's Examiner General Andriy Kostin said. That's what he added "the examination has grounds to accept" the Russian military utilized group weapons determined to incur huge number of losses.
He said two kids and a pregnant lady were among the 30 individuals harmed in the assault.
killed in Russian rocket assault as Ukraine's 'Harry Potter palace' disintegrates By Radina Gigova and Olga Voitovych, An instructive establishment known as 'Harry Potter palace' consumes after a Russian rocket strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on April 29. An instructive foundation known as 'Harry Potter palace' consumes after a Russian rocket strike in Odesa, Something like five individuals were killed and in excess of 30 harmed in a Russian rocket assault on the Dark Ocean port city of Odesa on Monday, Ukrainian specialists say.
The office of Ukraine's Prosecutor General released dramatic video footage of the attack, which showed dozens of bomblets exploding in a location close to the seafront in a matter of seconds.
Dramatic video footage of the attack, released by the office of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, showed dozens of bomblets exploding within seconds of each other in an area close to the seafront.
Other videos and pictures shared by officials showed flames engulfing the cone-shaped towers and roof of an educational institution known locally as “Harry Potter castle” due to its resemblance to a Scottish baronial pile.
Ukrainian authorities believe Russia used an Iskander ballistic missile and cluster munitions to carry out the attack.
Nearly 20 residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were also damaged from the strike.
The use, transfer, and production of cluster munitions is prohibited by an international treaty known as the Convention on Cluster Munitions. However, neither side – nor the United States – has signed the convention.
Cluster munitions have been used by both sides in the war and have been transferred to Ukraine by the United States as part of a military aid package last year.
Russia claims intercept
Meanwhile, Russian officials say air defenses in Crimea succeeded in intercepting a major missile and drone attack by Ukraine.
Kremlin-appointed Sergey Aksyonov, the top civilian official in occupied Crimea, warned people not to approach possible unexploded ordinance, while one of his officials urged people not to film or post videos of Russian air defenses in action.
Russian military bloggers said the targets were airfields.
The bridge linking Crimea to Russia, a vital artery for supplying Russia’s ongoing war efforts, was temporarily closed for traffic, but has since reopened.
Russian officials said the attack was primarily carried out using six US-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), which it said had all been successfully shot down by air defenses
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