site.btaDay of Mourning Declared in Odesa over Ten Lives Lost in Missile Attack

A day of mourning has been declared in Odesa and the region on Tuesday in connection with the deaths of 10 people in Monday's missile attack, the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleh Kiper, said on the Telegram app.

This is another black day in the history of Odesa, his message reads.

At the moment the number of wounded is 55, three of whom are in very serious condition, said Kiper.

Bulgarians in the Odesa region number more than 150,000 and were the third largest population group in Ukraine in 2001, according to the official census. About 50,000 - 60,000 Bulgarians live in the city of Odesa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolhrad, Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi districts.