Historic cathedral badly damaged after Russian missile strike in Odesa
The historical Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa has been badly damaged by Russian strikes, the city council said.Footage shows debris scattered across the floor of the site after missiles hit the port city overnight, which killed at least one person and injured 19 more.Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko visited the damaged cathedral on Sunday 23 July and shared a video calling for more protection."Again Russia used all types of missiles to destroy our city," he said."I address the world, Odesa needs more protection."Oleksiy Goncharenko/Telegram
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00:00 (air whooshing)
00:02 (air whooshing)
00:31 - I'm now in the heart of Odessa.
00:34 It's cathedral, Spassopriyobrazhensky Cathedral,
00:37 the biggest Orthodox cathedral of Odessa city.
00:41 And you can see what remained from it.
00:44 This night, Russia made a new missile attack
00:49 against our city.
00:51 And this time, one of the missiles
00:53 hit directly Orthodox cathedral,
00:56 directly Orthodox cathedral.
00:59 In the night on Sunday, when this morning,
01:03 here should be a mess.
01:05 And now, you see it's destroyed.