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Southern Ukraine’s Odessa hit by Russian drone attacks

Southern Ukraine’s Odessa hit by Russian drone attacks

Ukraine’s southern port metropolis of Odessa confronted a barrage of Russian drone strikes early Wednesday, authorities confirmed however there have been no reviews of casualties.

“At night, the enemy carried out an attack by UAVs of the Shahed-136 type on the Odessa region,” Yuriy Kruk, head of the Odessa district army administration, stated in an announcement on Telegram.

Kruk stated Ukraine’s air defenses had destroyed many of the attacking drones however some civilian infrastructure had been hit.

“According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. Measures are being taken to contain the fire, units of the State Emergency Service and other structures are working on the spot.”

In an replace on Telegram, General Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, stated 10 out of 12 “kamikaze” drones had been destroyed by the Odessa air defenses.

Ukraine’s basic employees stated over the previous day Russia had launched 4 missiles and 60 airstrikes, together with 58 rocket assaults, inflicting accidents to civilians.

The Shahed-136 is a small Iranian-made, self-detonating drone that may be programmed to fly robotically to a set of GPS coordinates with a payload of explosives.

Russia’s drone business has been hit by worldwide sanctions and a quantity have been shot down because the begin of the warfare – prompting Moscow to import drones from Iran.

The Black Sea port of Odessa was a favourite vacation vacation spot for a lot of Ukrainians and Russians earlier than President Vladimir Putin despatched troops into Ukraine in February final yr.

Since the beginning of the invasion, Odessa has been bombed a number of occasions by Russian forces. It was additionally hit by a drone assault two weeks in the past that brought on some injury.

In January, the United Nations cultural company UNESCO designated the historic heart of Odessa a World Heritage in Danger website.

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