June 3, 2025, 8:50 a.m.

Five Odessans suffered from Russian attack at night

(Photo: SES in Odesa region)

On the night of June 3, Odesa residents were woken up by an attack by Russians using unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in five civilian casualties.

This was reported by the press service of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.

According to the prosecutor's office, law enforcement officers have now launched a pre-trial investigation into the commission of war crimes (Article 438, part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Civilian infrastructure facilities, residential buildings, warehouses of a private enterprise, and cars of the townspeople were damaged and destroyed.

In turn, the State Emergency Service in Odesa region reported that fires broke out at different addresses, the largest, according to rescuers, was in food storage facilities, and 2 cars burned down in the private sector, as well as garages and houses.

Earlier, the Lyman community of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district of Odesa region suffered from an attack by the Russian army on June 1 at night.

On the night of May 30, the Russian army once again attacked Odesa region with kamikaze drones. The Izmail district came under attack. The Izmail District Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal investigation into another war crime committed by the Russian occupiers against the civilian population.

On the night of May 26, a drone strike caused fires and destruction in private households in Odesa district. A residential building was destroyed over an area of 100 square meters, followed by a fire, and rescuers extinguished the fire.

Roofs of residential buildings, an outbuilding, two garages, three cars, a fence and a gas pipeline were also damaged. In the latter case, there was no fire. At another address, two garages were destroyed with subsequent fire, a car was destroyed and a residential building was damaged.

As a result of the Russian attack on the night of May 25, 20 cars were on fire in a parking lot in Odesa, located among high-rise buildings.

On the morning of May 24, it was reported that a man who had been injured in a Russian missile attack on the port of Odesa on May 23 died in hospital. He was the third victim of that attack. On May 23, Russia launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles at the port infrastructure of Odesa. The attack killed a port worker. Eight other people were injured: four in serious condition, two in moderate condition, and two with minor injuries.

Photo: State Emergency Service in Odesa region, Odesa regional prosecutor's office.

Кирило Бойко

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