ODESA, Ukraine – It was midnight on March 2nd when it happened.
Odesa resident Sergei Gaidarzhi recounts his harrowing ordeal.
“Anna and Timofey were in our bedroom. I was in the other room with our daughter Lisa. I usually go to her room to try and help her fall asleep. I feel asleep too with her that night,” he recalls.
An hour later, Russia launched 8 kamikaze drones from Crimea targeting the Ukrainian port city.
“At about 1:17 a.m. I heard a sound, a sharp sound, like a drone and then a sharp explosion,” Sergei says.
While Ukrainian air defenses intercepted seven drones, the eighth struck Anna and Sergei’s nine-story apartment.
“Everything was on fire. I woke up quickly and got up, took my daughter in my arms and wrapped her in a blanket. I ran out of the room to make sure that my wife and son were safe. I saw that the door to our bedroom was open and suddenly I noticed that the bedroom was gone, there was just an abyss and a mountain of garbage below.”
Search and rescue teams arrived within minutes of the attack.
“I was in shock. What kind of scary dream was that? Maybe
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