In Odessa, a rescue operation was completed at the site of yesterday’s arrival, where 20 people were killed and 75 were injured. Mourning has been declared in the city.
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However, the number of victims has not yet been definitively established, said Natalya Gumenyuk, a representative of the Southern Defense Forces.
As of midnight on March 16, the search and rescue operation at the site of the missile attack on Odessa was completed. Unfortunately, clarification of the casualties and deaths continues, these numbers are changing,” Gumenyuk said.
As a result of a Russian missile attack on March 15, former deputy GUNP and commander of the Tsunami battalion, Alexander Gostishchev, was killed. His death was confirmed by the head of the Odessa regional council, Vitaly Barvinenko.
Gostishchev volunteered for the front in 2014. In 2019, he headed the patrol police of the Odessa region. In 2021, he became deputy chief of police of the Odessa region, and after a full-scale invasion, he became the commander of the Tsunami battalion. After the offensive operation in the Kherson region, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd degree.
Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov also confirmed the death of his former deputy Sergei Tetyukhin.
Source: Racurs
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