Russian drone strike on Odesa food warehouse kills 3, injures 3
A Russian drone destroyed a food warehouse in Odesa on Monday morning, killing 3 people and injuring 3 others, officials said.
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A Russian drone struck a food warehouse in Odesa on the morning of 9 November, killing 3 people and injuring 3 others, Odesa head Serhii Lysak said.
The warehouse stored food supplies for kindergartens and schools, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said. The strike sparked a fire that firefighters later put out. Kiper said the same type of commercial storage and transport facility had now been hit 3 times during the war.
Among the dead were 2 women and 1 man, according to the regional administration. One woman was hospitalised in a serious condition after the attack. By the afternoon, 2 more men, aged 41 and 46, had sought medical treatment for injuries, bringing the total injured to 3. City officials offered condolences to the families of those killed, calling the deaths an irreparable loss.
Ukraine's air force warned at 09:23 that a was approaching Odesa from the north of the region, and an sounded in the Odesa district from 09:22 to 09:34, local officials said.
Russian forces struck Odesa again the same day, at around 16:25, Lysak said. The blast wave from that attack damaged windows and roofs on several private homes, and 1 man suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.
The strikes were part of a wider Russian bombardment on 9 November. The same morning, a Russian drone hit a vehicle carrying energy workers in Sumy, injuring 3 people; one of them underwent surgery for severe injuries, grid operator Ukrenergo said. Russian strikes also hit energy infrastructure in Kremenchuk and parts of Rivne region, officials said.
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What we know
- Official · Serhii Lysak A Russian drone struck a food warehouse in Odesa on the morning of 9 November, killing 3 people and injuring 3, city military administration head Serhii Lysak said.
- Official · Oleh Kiper The warehouse stored food for kindergartens and schools, regional governor Oleh Kiper said.
- 2+ outlets · Ukrainska Pravda, 24 Kanal Among the dead were 2 women and 1 man; the injured include a woman initially hospitalised in serious condition and 2 men aged 41 and 46.
- 2+ outlets · Ukrainska Pravda, 24 Kanal Russian forces struck Odesa again that afternoon, around 16:25, damaging homes and lightly injuring 1 man.
- A separate drone strike the same morning injured 3 energy workers in a vehicle in Sumy, one of whom underwent surgery, Ukrenergo said.
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Why it matters for Europe
Monday's strike was the latest in a string of Russian attacks on Odesa's infrastructure: the same type of facility has been hit 3 times during the war, according to regional governor Oleh Kiper, and a separate strike on the evening of 7 November killed 1 person and damaged municipal infrastructure in the city. Odesa's port and storage facilities supply food and fuel across southern Ukraine, so repeated hits add to supply disruption beyond the immediate casualties. Ukraine's grid operator Ukrenergo said Russia was deliberately targeting energy workers as well as equipment, adding to the human toll of attacks on the power sector beyond physical damage.
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- 24 Kanal: Росія знову атакувала Одесу: внаслідок попередньої атаки є загиблі та поранені
- Mediapool: Русия съобщи за атака по трети товарен кораб в Черно море за ден
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Questions and answers
- What was hit in Odesa?
- A food warehouse storing supplies for kindergartens and schools was destroyed by a Russian drone strike on the morning of 9 November.
- How many people were killed or hurt?
- 3 people were killed and 3 injured, including a woman in serious condition, city official Serhii Lysak said.
- Was Odesa attacked again that day?
- Yes, a second strike at around 16:25 damaged homes in the city and lightly injured 1 man.
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