News card: Strike sets the roof of a 19-storey Odesa apartment block on fire; a child is among the injured

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Strike sets the roof of a 19-storey Odesa apartment block on fire; a child is among the injured. Photo (National Police of Ukraine, npu.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0) of the upper floors of a cream-coloured high-rise with rounded balconies, white smoke rising from its damaged rooftop, emergency workers visible on the roof edge, trees at right; no injured people shown. Key facts: Sunday Oct 18, during the day local time, police say; a Russian strike hit the roof of a residential high-rise, Ukrainian officials say; two top-floor flats and a rooftop boiler room were partly destroyed; a child was injured, and the regional governor first reported two people hurt; more than 50 rescuers put out the fire and evacuated residents, the State Emergency Service says. Sources: Ukrinform, National Police of Ukraine, Kyiv Post. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-ua-odesa-highrise. @exeindex. — National Police of Ukraine / npu.gov.ua (CC BY 4.0) · CC BY 4.0 (npu.gov.ua site licence); card by EXE Index

Oct 18, Odesa, Ukraine: a Russian strike set the roof of a 19-storey apartment block on fire and partly destroyed two top-floor flats, officials say. A child is among the injured. More than 50 rescuers put out the blaze.

What: News card: Strike sets the roof of a 19-storey Odesa apartment block on fire; a child is among the injured
Where: Europe
When: 2026-10-18
Source: National Police of Ukraine
Credit: National Police of Ukraine / npu.gov.ua (CC BY 4.0)
License: CC BY 4.0 (npu.gov.ua site licence); card by EXE Index
Details: Europe, Ukraine

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National Police of Ukraine
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