site.btaDrone Attack Warning Issued in Odesa Province

A drone attack warning was issued in Odesa and the surrounding region, the head of the military administration of Odesa Province, Oleh Kiper, wrote on the Telegram social media on Friday afternoon.

Local Telegram channels reported 15 drones over the Black Sea, some of them flying towards the central and southern parts of the city of Odesa, the rest heading for Chornomorsk, Zatoka and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.

The provincial authorities advised people to hide in bomb shelters until an all-clear signal is sounded.

Odesa Province is home to the third largest community of expatriate Bulgarians, numbering more than 150,000 people, according to an official population census in Ukraine in 2001. Between 50,000 and 60,000 Bulgarians live in the regional capital, Odesa, while others are concentrated in the districts of Bolhrad, Izmail, and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.