Russians Launch Fourth Consecutive Drone Attack on Odesa Region, Targeting Civilians and Energy Infrastructure

For the fourth night in a row, the Russians have been massively attacking the Odesa region with attack drones. On the evening of March 6, a sabotage attack damaged energy facilities and residential buildings in the suburban area of Odesa.

According to the head of the Odesa regional military administration, Oleh Kiper, three private houses caught fire in the suburbs of Odesa as a result of the enemy attack. Damage to critical energy facilities was also reported.

(Photo: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Odesa region)

According to the official, emergency services, power engineers and medics are working at the scene. Rescuers are extinguishing fires and eliminating the consequences of the attack.

(Photo: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Odesa region)

The air alert in the region lasted more than an hour - from 21:17 to 22:28. Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned of the movement of attack drones from the Black Sea towards Odesa and Chornomorsk.

This is not the first massive strike on civilian infrastructure and residential areas in Odesa region in recent times. On the evening of March 5, the town of Pivdenne came under attack. Two people were injured in the attack, one of them was hospitalized. A private two-story house was heavily damaged, and the windows of an administrative building were also damaged. In addition, one of the energy facilities in the region was damaged.

In the evening of March 4, the strikes damaged the city' s critical infrastructure: part of Odesa was left without electricity, water and heat. Debris from the downed drones damaged private homes in the suburbs of Odesa, causing fires. The drone attack killed retired police colonel Anatoliy Korpan. He was the deputy head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Odesa region.

On March 3, Odesa was also subjected to a large-scale attack by Russian drones. Numerous explosions were heard in the city, and drones circled over residential and industrial areas of the city and suburbs.

Ірина Глухова