Photo (illustrative): Oleh Kiper/Odesa Regional State Administration
An assault conducted by Russian drones in the Odesa region resulted in damage to a mothballed infrastructure facility. Overnight, the air defense forces successfully intercepted and downed 33 out of 37 enemy UAVs.
Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, provided an update on the situation in the Odesa region.
He reported that Russian occupiers launched another attack with assault drones during the night.
«Unfortunately, some hits were unavoidable. A mothballed infrastructure facility in the Odesa region sustained damage, causing a fire in an open area, which was promptly extinguished. Fortunately, there were no casualties,» Kiper stated.
He specified that air defense forces managed to destroy 18 drones during the attack. Throughout the night, the Russians targeted the south and east of Ukraine, employing an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile, two X-59 guided missiles, and 37 Shahed attack UAVs.
As per the Ukrainian Air Force, a total of 33 enemy drones were successfully shot down in the Kirovohrad, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv regions.