site.btaDrone Strike Sparks Massive Fire at Energy Facility Near Odesa - Regional Governor

A large fire broke out at an energy infrastructure facility as a result of a drone attack overnight on Odesa, reported Oleg Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, on the Telegram app.

"Despite the active work of air defense forces, there are consequences of the strike in the suburbs of Odesa — an energy and fuel infrastructure facility was hit, as well as a two-story building," Kiper's statement said.

According to the regional governor, the fire was very intense, and a firefighting train from the Ukrainian Railways was involved in extinguishing it.

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.