A Russian drone attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight injured several people, officials of the southern Ukrainian region reported on Wednesday.
“The enemy has again attacked Odesa with a massive drone attack,” Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram, although the full scale of the assault was unclear.
Ukraine’s emergency service later affirmed that three people were wounded, and several fires broke out, destroying houses and civilian infrastructure.
Photographs shared by Odesa’s mayor, Hennadiy Trukhanov, depicted near-total destruction of a residential building and other structures, while emergency workers sifted through rubble.
Shafaq News could not independently confirm the reports, and Moscow has yet to respond. Both sides deny intentionally targeting civilians in the ongoing conflict that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.