Girls cried for help from windows — eyewitness accounts of the night shelling in Odesa region

On the evening of October 10, Russian occupants launched a missile attack on the Odesa region. The attack destroyed a farm and damaged neighboring houses.  

Novyny.LIVE journalists visited the site of the hit and spoke to local residents.

Red sky

Iryna, who lives next door to the destroyed farm, has all the windows blown out of her home. The gate was also damaged. The woman says that her ears were ringing all night.

"There was an explosion, a strong impact. The whole sky was red. And then a second blow. All our windows shattered," says Iryna.

In the house of local resident Hennadii Ohanesian, the shock wave even tore a chandelier from the ceiling. The damage is extensive, and the man does not know what to do next.

At first, I didn’t hear anything. Honestly, I was in the bathroom, and the water was making noise. Then there was an explosion, and the vibration was very strong," he recalls.

Came to help

It was the neighbors who first heard the screams of people in the destroyed farm and immediately ran there. Local residents, together with rescuers and representatives of the Red Cross, helped evacuate the wounded. 

"The girls screamed from the windows: "Help!" We ran, took a ladder, and men from the neighborhood came. We pulled down whoever we could. Then the ambulance and the State Emergency Service arrived," Iryna said. 

The woman says that not only people suffered, but also the horses kept on the farm. They were cut by the debris.

According to local residents, there have never been any military installations on the farm. Mushrooms have been grown there for many years and many people, mostly young people, have worked there.

Read more about the night shelling of the Odesa region in our story. As a reminder, three people were killed in the rubble, including a 16-year-old girl. Another woman died in hospital.

It should also be noted that today, October 11, a day of mourning has been declared in Odesa in memory of the victims of the October 9 attack.