Izmail City Council Offers Financial Aid After Drone Attack

The Executive Committee of the Izmail City Council of Odesa Oblast has decided to provide financial assistance to the townspeople affected by Russia's armed aggression on January 30, 2025.

The decision was approved at a meeting of the executive committee, an Intent correspondent reported.

The city budget will provide one-time financial assistance for treatment:

• UAH 20 thousand for those who are undergoing or have undergone inpatient treatment.
• UAH 5 thousand for those who are being treated on an outpatient basis.

Families whose homes have been damaged can temporarily live in the Svetlyachok kindergarten or the Children's Rehabilitation Center. Food and utility costs will be covered by the city's social assistance program. Those who do not use the temporary housing can receive rent compensation of UAH 10,000 per month until their homes are restored.

Applications for assistance are accepted by the Department of Labor and Social Protection. Payments will be made in non-cash form.

On the night of January 30, 2025, Izmail came under an enemy drone attack. 5 apartment buildings, 15 private houses, two educational institutions, a grain warehouse, a medical facility, and cars were damaged.

A 26-year-old woman was injured, the wife of a border guard who was on duty that ill-fated night. During the drone attack, the woman managed to save her seven-year-old son by covering him with a blanket. The victim was taken to the intensive care unit. The house of the military's family was destroyed to the ground.

The Izmail District Prosecutor's Office has launched a pre-trial investigation into the hostile attack on the city as a war crime under Article 438, part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Антоніна Лубченко