--- title: "Massive aerial attack on Odesa: number of injured rises to 20, including two children" description: "On the morning of September 13, Russia carried out a massive aerial strike on Odesa. According to the RMA, around 20 people were injured, including two children; residential buildings and civilian objects were destroyed." date: 2026-09-13T09:52:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/massive-aerial-attack-odesa-september-13 tags: [odessa, russia-attack, air-strike, civilian-casualties, ukraine-war] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Massive aerial attack on Odesa: number of injured rises to 20, including two children ![Rescuers and medics with a stretcher trolley next to an ambulance at the scene of an air attack in Odesa](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/13/vozdukh-ataka-odessa-13-septembra/vozdukh-ataka-odessa-13-septembra-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - On the morning of September 13, 2026, Russia carried out a massive aerial strike on Odesa. - According to RMA head Serhiy Lyssak, around 12:00, 20 people were injured, including a boy born in 2010 and a girl born in 2017. - Apartment buildings, private houses, and other civilian objects were damaged in several districts. - The official RMA statement does not confirm fatalities, although individual media outlets report them — the data is inconsistent. - On the same day, a strike was recorded in the Yagodyn area near the Ukrainian-Polish border. On the morning of September 13, 2026, Russian forces carried out a new massive aerial strike on Odesa. This was announced by Serhiy Lyssak, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration (RMA), in his Telegram channel, as reported by RBC-Ukraine. According to his data, residential buildings in several districts of the city were damaged, and the number of injured kept rising over several hours. ### Timeline of the morning attack Lyssak's first statement was published around 09:30, reporting that residential buildings had been hit. About an hour later, he clarified that five injured were known at that point. By 11:20, the head of the RMA reported nine people who had sought medical attention, warning that the figure could rise again. Around 12:00, the number of injured reached 20, according to his data. ### Scale of destruction and response efforts According to Lyssak, the residential sector has been damaged in several districts of the city: apartment buildings, private houses, and other civilian objects were hit. Municipal and emergency services are working at the scene, operational headquarters have been set up, where residents are receiving support and consultations. The elimination of the attack's aftermath is ongoing, the RMA stated. ### Children among the injured Around 12:00, the head of the RMA specified the composition of the injured: among the 20 people who sought medical attention were two children — a boy born in 2010 and a girl born in 2017. Lyssak emphasized that the assessment of all consequences of the strike is ongoing, and the number of injured may change as services continue their work on the ground. ### Contradictory data There is a discrepancy between official statements and publications by individual media outlets in assessing human losses. In the cited statement by RMA head Serhiy Lyssak (according to RBC-Ukraine), the focus is exclusively on the injured — around 20 people, including two children — with no confirmation of fatalities. Meanwhile, the outlet zn.ua reports in its headline that "there are fatalities in Odesa," without providing confirmed figures in that material. Thus, the presence and number of fatalities at the time of publication are not confirmed in the official RMA statement and require additional verification. It is also worth noting that one of the provided sources (unian.net), by its link, refers to events of April 16 and describes a different attack, so its data cannot be used to verify the events of September 13. ### Context: strikes on other regions The attack on Odesa was part of broader strikes on Ukrainian territory. As RBC-Ukraine notes, on the same day Russia carried out a strike in the Yagodyn area near the Ukrainian-Polish border. The outlet also compiled a summary of the latest information on the consequences of the massive attack across different regions of the country. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Number of injured in Odesa sharply rises due to Russian attack, children wounded](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/odesi-rizko-zrosla-kilkist-postrazhdalih-1789292891.html) - Совпадает с базовым текстом: атака утром 13.09, рост числа пострадавших до 20, двое детей (2010 и 2017 г.р.), поврежден жилищный сектор. - [Russia strikes the south all day. There are fatalities in Odesa](https://zn.ua/war/rossija-ves-den-nanosit-udary-po-juhu-v-odesse-postradala-infrastruktura.html) - Сообщает о погибших в Одессе, что не подтверждено в цитируемом заявлении ОГА (там только пострадавшие). Вынесено в блок противоречий. - [Russian army attacked Odesa with missiles and drones: many killed and wounded (photos)](https://www.unian.net/war/ataka-na-ukrainu-16-aprelya-v-odesse-mnogo-pogibshih-i-ranenyh-novosti-odessy-13350726.html) - Ссылка указывает на 16 апреля — иное событие, не относится к атаке 13 сентября. Данные не использовались для верификации текущих событий. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: How many people were injured in Odesa according to the latest data? **A:** According to RMA head Serhiy Lyssak, around 12:00 on September 13, 20 people were injured, including two children — a boy born in 2010 and a girl born in 2017. The figure may change as services continue their work. ### Q: Have fatalities been confirmed? **A:** The cited official RMA statement refers only to the injured, with no confirmation of fatalities. Individual media outlets report fatalities, but these data are not confirmed in the RMA statement and require verification. ### Q: Which objects were damaged as a result of the attack? **A:** According to the RMA, the residential sector was damaged in several districts of the city: apartment buildings, private houses, and other civilian objects were hit.