STORY: Five people were injured, including a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukraine port of Odesa overnight, Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday (July 3).

Emergency services released video footage showing rescuers taking people from the hit apartment building to the ground on a crane.

A multi-story residential building and other civilian infrastructure were damaged, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app. Six apartments were completely destroyed, another 36 were partially damaged, he said.

The local Emergency Service said that 50 people were evacuated from the building.

Reuters was able to independently verify the location by the building's exterior and facade which matched file and satellite imagery. Date verified by Reuters witness footage from scene and statement by authorities.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

VIDEO SHOWS: RESCUERS HELPING PEOPLE LEAVE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DAMAGED IN DRONE STRIKE / FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHING FLAMES / DAYTIME AFTERMATH, COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS

- building exterior and facade matched file and satellite imagery

- Date verified by Reuters witness footage from scene

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SHOWS: ODESA, UKRAINE (JULY 3, 2025) (State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Odesa region - Must on-screen courtesy State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Odesa region) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. PEOPLE WAVING BLUE OBJECT FROM TOP BALCONY, FIRE IN FLAT NEARBY AFTER DRONE ATTACK

2. FIREFIGHTER BATTLING FLAMES IN STAIRCASE

3. FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHING FLAMES FROM GROUND

4. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTER ON CRANE EXTINGUISHING FIRE

5. VARIOUS OF RESCUERS ON CRANE HANDING OVER CHILDREN AND ADULTS RESCUED FROM BUILDING

6. PEOPLE WALKING NEAR RESCUE VEHICLES

7. EMERGENCY SERVICE WORKER TALKING TO CHILD

8. DAMAGEDSTAIRCASE

9. VARIOUS OF RESCUERS CARRYING ELDERLY PERSON ON STRETCHER

10. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING FLAMES

11. RESCUERS SETTING UP, USING DEVICE

12. RUBBLE ON GROUND

13. RESCUERS SETTING UP FIRST RESPONSE TENT FOR RESIDENTS

ODESA, UKRAINE (JULY 3, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

14. LOCAL RESIDENT, NADIIA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), WAITING FOR RED CROSS PERSONNEL TO FIND HER CAT

15. NADIIA WITH HER CAT, THANKING RESCUERS

16. NADIIA'S CAT

17. BUILDING THAT WAS HIT

18. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, NADIIA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"Thank God the flat (that was hit) was empty."

19. VARIOUS OF RESCUERS ON CRANE PLATFORM

20. RESCUERS DISEMBARKING PLATFORM ON GROUND

21. LOCAL RESIDENT, HALYNA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), WRAPPED IN BLANKET

22. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, HALYNA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"And it just went... boom! I jumped up and there was a second explosion. I heard there were people on the staircase, I put on my robe and left the flat. I closed the door and left just with my phone and keys."

23. FIREFIGHTERS HOSING WATER ONTO BALCONY

24. RESCUER ON CRANE PLATFORM

25. WOMAN TALKING TO RESCUER