Attacks in Odesa Cause Civilian Harm Amid Rising Monthly Casualty Numbers
11 October 2024
KYIV – 11 October 2024. Multiple attacks with missiles and loitering munitions in Odesa region since 6 October have killed and injured civilians, while also damaging property and infrastructure, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).
The five recent attacks in the Odesa region have killed 14 civilians and injured 28, according to local authorities.
Three of the most recent documented attacks by HRMMU struck different seaports, reportedly causing damage to civilian vessels. HRMMU warned that these attacks could signal an intensification of assaults on such facilities.
Odesa's seaport facilities have faced particularly intense attacks since the Russian Federation withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July 2023. The agreement had been designed to facilitate the safe export of grain from Ukraine.
In the most recent attack on 10 October, munitions or remnants of an intercepted missile hit a two-story building housing a mushroom farm and its employees in Usatove village. Four civilians, including a 16-year-old girl, were killed, and at least nine others were injured. HRMMU visited the site the following day.
In a separate attack on one of Odesa's seaports, nine civilians were killed, and eight were injured, according to seaport authorities.
These recent strikes come amid a sharp rise in civilian casualties across Ukraine.
“Last month, for the third consecutive month, the number of civilian casualties was higher than in all other months since October 2022,” the Head of HRMMU Danielle Bell said.
Today, HRMMU issued its monthly Protection of Civilians Update. In September, 208 civilians, including nine children, were killed and 1,220 others, including 76 children, were injured due to conflict-related violence. Forty-six percent of those killed were over the age of 60.
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