Ukrainian First Responders Killed In Russian Missile Strike In Odesa

A State Emergency Service photographer captured these images of first responders who had arrived at the site of a Russian missile strike in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa who were themselves struck by a second missile. A paramedic and an emergency service worker were among the at least 19 people killed during the March 15 attack, officials said.

An injured rescuer is attended to by his colleagues following the Russian missile strike.

The tactic of firing a second missile at the same location, aiming to hit rescuers, is known in military terms as a double tap. Such strikes often hit civilians.

 

An injured rescuer sits under a tree following the attack that killed his comrades. 

Ukraine's State Emergency Service has been providing photography to international media outlets as they accompany the first responders.

An Associated Press photographer who arrived later on the scene photographed the hand of a victim in a pool of blood. 

Officials said dozens of other people were wounded in the attack that struck houses in the port city.

A victim is laid out as emergency responders attend to his wounds.

The interior of a damaged ambulance strewn with debris following the missile attack.

A Ukrainian rescuer stands next to a body of a person killed in the missile strike.

Odesa has repeatedly been targeted by Russian missiles that have killed civilians in the Black Sea port city.

A rescuer stands in a residential area hit by a Russian missile.

At least 10 houses in Odesa and some emergency service equipment were damaged in the attack, which started a blaze, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service and Regional Governor Oleh Kiper.

 

An injured man is escorted from the scene.

Nearly 25 months into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow repeatedly denies it is targeting civilians.