site.btaWoman Injured in Russian Drone Attack on Odesa on Friday Night

A 47-year-old woman was injured in a massive Russian attack on the Ukrainian region of Odesa on Friday night, Oleg Kiper, Head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, said on Telegram on Saturday. Energy and civil infrastructure were attacked with drones.

In Odesa, damage was caused to energy facilities, a 25-storey residential building, two private houses and a three-storey hotel complex, according to the city council's website.

"Rescuers from the State Emergency Service and repair teams began work to eliminate the consequences as soon as the security situation allowed. Technicians are making every effort to fully restore power supply. Strategic infrastructure was immediately supplied with electricity using generators," Kiper wrote.

According to information from the Odesa Regional Prosecution Office, 44 settlements remain without electricity. Part of the city of Odesa is also without power.

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.