site.btaDrone Attack on Odesa Damages Civilian Infrastructure, Says Regional Governor

The enemy has launched a drone attack on Odesa, Oleg Kiper, Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, said on Telegram. Despite the active efforts of the air defence forces, civilian infrastructure was damaged, Kiper said.

An administrative building and several cars are on fire, and the windows of nearby multistorey residential buildings were shattered. Information about potential casualties is still being verified. All emergency response services are working to eliminate the consequences of the attack.

Odesa Region 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. There are between 50,000 and 60,000 Bulgarians in the city of Odesa. Bulgarians in the region are concentrated in the districts of Bolhrad, Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.