Overview

• Ukraine’s State Emergency Service confirmed nine fatalities in Odessa and the surrounding district, including one child, with search and recovery work continuing.
• Among the dead are a family of five who lived on a semi-basement floor, and a 23-year-old woman who was found in the morning after an overnight search.
• Rescue teams deployed 255 responders and 68 units of equipment, saving 362 people and evacuating 227 vehicles from flooded areas.
• About 24,000 residents are without electricity and heat as authorities keep the city at a red danger level, schools shift to remote learning, and public transport remains suspended.
• Medical teams report cases of hypothermia among people exposed to floodwaters, and officials continue pumping operations and safety checks across affected neighborhoods.