Attack cuts power, water and heating to parts of Odesa

Following the Russian strike on Odesa overnight on December 19, residents of one of the city’s largest housing estates were left without power, water and heating. One person was injured.

The information was shared by Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration Oleh Kiper.

Another mass attack on Odesa damaged an energy infrastructure facility, while the blast wave broke windows in a five-storey apartment building. One person was injured.

Hostile strikes have left residents of one of Odesa’s largest housing estates without power, water and heating.

Emergency repair work is under way, with Kiper saying all services are working in an enhanced mode to restore electricity, water and heating as quickly as possible. «Points of Invincibility» are operating across Odesa.

Later, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration and Communities and Territories Development Minister Oleksii Kuleba said the massive overnight attack had cut power to 74,500 consumers across Odesa region. In the city of Odesa, about 65,000 households remain without electricity. Some outages are linked to earlier strikes, with nearly 9,000 consumers without power in Artsyz.

«All services are already engaged in restoration efforts. Critical infrastructure is running on backup power, with facilities supplied by generators, ” Kuleba wrote online.

He added that about 85,000 consumers in Odesa remain without heating, with repair works under way at an intensified pace.

City authorities have arranged the delivery of technical water to districts facing water supply disruptions.

Overnight, strikes also hit the area of the Odesa-Skhidna railway station, damaging an electrical interlocking post and station buildings. A railway worker was wounded and is now under doctors’ supervision.

«All services — power engineers, railway workers, municipal teams and rescuers — are working non-stop to bring back electricity, heating and normal city life, ” the minister concluded.