Odesa region has the lowest number of alarms: South of Ukraine heard alarms 2 thousand times during the year

Residents of the southern regions of Ukraine - Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Odesa - heard the air raid alarm 2,775 times during the year.

According to analysts of the United24 platform, the most frequent alarms in the South were heard in Kherson region - 1,002 times, in Mykolaiv region - 928 times, and in Odesa region - 845 times.

In total, in 2025, Russia launched more than 60,000 guided bombs, about 2,400 missiles of various types, and more than 100,000 drones at Ukraine. The air raid alert in Ukraine was sounded at least 19 thousand 33 times. The highest number was in Kharkiv region - 2020, Zaporizhzhia region - 1,807, and Sumy region - 1,793. In the Kyiv region, the air raid alarm sounded 794 times during the year.

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On the night of December 31, Russians attacked the residential, logistics, and energy infrastructure of Odesa region. As a result of hits in one of the residential buildings, fires broke out in apartments from the second to the sixth floors. The facade on the fifth and sixth floors was partially destroyed. Firefighters rescued eight people, including one child. Mobile resilience centers from the State Emergency Service and the city council were deployed.

On the morning of December 30, Russia again attacked Odesa region with attack drones. Despite the active work of air defense forces, damage to industrial and port infrastructure in Odesa district was recorded. A civilian vessel in the port area was damaged. There were no fires. There were no reports of deaths or injuries.

Earlier, a fire broke out in the Pivdennyi port as a result of the Russian army's strike on Odesa region, setting about 30 containers of flour and vegetable oil on fire.

The Odesa coast suffered large-scale pollution due to a sunflower oil spill. After the wind direction changed, the consequences of the attack on Pivdennyi port reached the Gulf. Otrada and Lanzheron beaches suffered the most, as they were covered with an oily film. Dozens of dead birds were found on the shore, mostly Lesser White-fronted Geese.

Кирило Бойко