Victims of Russian drone strike on Odesa: mothers with toddlers and family of servicemen

Rescuers discovered the bodies of ten people under the rubble of an Odesa residential building that had been hit by a Russian drone on the night of 1-2 March. Among them are two mothers with babies, a three-year-old boy, men aged 35, 40, and 54, as well as a woman aged 73. An entryway was completely destroyed when a Russian strike drone collided with an apartment building.

The rescue effort continues. There may be four more people under the rubble. Around lunchtime on 2 March, the bodies of three-year-old Mark and his father Vitalii were discovered beneath the rubble.

The child's mother, Anastasiia, is in intensive care. On Sunday, her sister Tetiana Yurchyk stated that the woman's condition was stably severe, but she was conscious.

The bodies of Anna Haidarzhy, 31, and her four-month-old son Timofii were found under the rubble on the evening of 2 March. According to the rescuers, the mother pressed her son to her chest.

The woman's husband and daughter miraculously survived - they were in the next room.

Anna Haidarzhy was the daughter of Mykola Sidak, pastor of the Odesa Peresypsky Church, says the Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine's Odesa Regional Association of Churches. A large family also lost their lives as a result of a drone attack in Odesa. The bodies of Oleh and Tetiana, both of whom served in the military, and their seven-month-old daughter Lisa were discovered beneath the rubble.

Tetiana had three more children from her previous marriage, and rescuers are still searching for two of them - nine-year-old Serhii and eight-year-old Zlata - under the rubble, reports Suspilne, Ukraine's public broadcaster. Rescuers discovered the bodies of another woman and a baby under the rubble on the morning of 3 March, more than a day after the Russian attack on Odesa. According to Ukraine's State Emergency Service, the mother attempted to protect her 8-month-old child by clutching the baby in her arms.

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