site.btaExplosions Heard in Odesa after New Drone Attack

Odesa was attacked from the Black Sea and explosions were heard in the city, the head of the Odesa City Military Administration, Serhiy Lisak, said on his Telegram channel. A group of drones came from the sea towards all areas of the city, local channels reported on Telegram.

An air-raid alert was declared at 09:25 p.m. Regional authorities urged residents to take shelter in bomb shelters.

Bulgarians in Odesa Oblast number over 150,000 and constitute the third-largest community according to the latest official census in Ukraine. In the city of Odesa itself, around 50–60,000 Bulgarians live. The largest concentrated Bulgarian populations are in the Bolhrad, Izmail, and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi districts.