Russian drone attack kills one, injures two in Odesa region
A Russian drone attack on Odesa overnight Saturday killed one man and injured two others, damaging homes, a warehouse, a hotel and a hospital wing, officials said.
A Russian drone attack on Odesa overnight Saturday killed one man and injured two others, Odesa's regional military administration and the regional prosecutor's office said. Sirens sounded and explosions were heard across the city as the strikes hit, Ukrainian media reported.
Odesa's regional military administration said on Saturday evening that two people had been hurt and infrastructure damaged in the attack. By Sunday morning it had confirmed that one person had also died of injuries suffered in the strikes. The regional prosecutor's office said the injured men were aged 36 and 45; the identity of the man who was killed was still being established.
Officials said the toll would likely have been higher had most workers not been sheltering during the air raid alert. Among the sites hit were a logistics depot run by the delivery firm Nova Poshta and a branch of the Epicentr home-improvement chain, witnesses told Ukrainian news agency Unian.
Odesa's regional emergency service said a production workshop, storage facilities and lorries were damaged, sparking a large fire. Elsewhere in the region, the attack damaged a hotel's facade and windows, part of a medical facility, an industrial goods shop and a two-storey house, according to the prosecutor's office.
Earlier the same day, Russian forces struck a building-materials shop in Odesa twice, Norwegian outlet Aftenposten reported, citing local media. Aftenposten also reported that front lines near Odesa have changed little in recent weeks, while Russian drone, rocket and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities have continued.
What we know
- A Russian drone attack on Odesa overnight Saturday killed one man and injured two others, Odesa's regional military administration and the regional prosecutor's office said.
- The two injured men were aged 36 and 45; the identity of the man killed had not been established by Sunday morning.
- Strikes hit a Nova Poshta logistics depot and an Epicentr home-improvement store, a production workshop, storage facilities and lorries, sparking fires.
- A hotel facade, part of a medical facility, an industrial goods shop and a two-storey house were also damaged elsewhere in the region.
- Russian forces had also struck a building-materials shop in Odesa twice earlier the same day, a separate report said.
Why it matters for Europe
Odesa is Ukraine's main Black Sea port and a repeated target of Russian strikes on both port and civilian infrastructure. Officials said the toll from Saturday's attack would likely have been worse had most staff at the targeted sites not been in shelters during the air raid alert, showing how exposed the city's civilian economy remains to strikes even though the front line nearby has been largely static.
The damage spread across several kinds of sites in a single night, from a parcel-delivery depot and a hardware chain store to a hotel and part of a medical facility, pointing to how difficult it is for ordinary businesses in Odesa to stay clear of the areas Russian drones reach.
Sources
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- Ukrinform: Russian strikes in Odesa region leave two injured, houses and warehouses damaged
- Ukrinform: Russian strikes in Odesa region leave two injured, houses and warehouses damaged
- Censor.net: Russians launched massive attack on Odesa region: there are casualties
- Censor.net: Overnight, occupiers launched massive attack on Odesa region: medical facility, shop, hotel and warehouse were damaged. PHOTOS
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Questions and answers
- What happened in Odesa?
- A Russian drone attack overnight Saturday killed one man and injured two others, Odesa's regional authorities said, hitting a logistics depot, a home-improvement store, a production workshop and other sites.
- How many people were hurt?
- One man was killed and two others, aged 36 and 45, were injured, according to the regional prosecutor's office.
- What else was damaged?
- A hotel facade, part of a medical facility, an industrial goods shop and a two-storey house were also damaged, officials said.
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