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Posted on March 6, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
Russian drones attacked Odesa, damaging energy infrastructure and causing fires. The city faces daily assaults, affecting services and causing casualties.
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces launched a new mass drone attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa late on Thursday, damaging energy infrastructure and triggering fires, the regional governor said, the latest of what have become daily assaults on the city.
"On the outskirts of Odesa, three private homes are on fire and energy infrastructure has been damaged," Governor Oleh Kiper wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Kiper said information on casualties was being clarified.
Waves of drones have swarmed on the city every night this week. Energy sites have been frequent targets and the attacks have triggered blackouts and disrupted water and heating services.
An overnight attack on Wednesday injured two people.
One person died of shrapnel wounds on Tuesday evening.
Odesa has been a frequent target of Russian attacks in the three-year-old war with Russia, particularly energy infrastructure and port facilities.
(Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko and Ron Popeski; Editing by Kim Coghill and Sandra Maler)
The recent drone attacks on Odesa damaged energy infrastructure, triggered fires, and caused blackouts, disrupting water and heating services.
The attacks resulted in injuries to at least two people and one death due to shrapnel wounds earlier in the week.
Waves of drone attacks have targeted Odesa every night this week, particularly focusing on energy sites.
Governor Oleh Kiper reported the damage and ongoing clarification of casualty information via the Telegram messaging app.
Odesa has been frequently targeted due to its strategic importance, particularly regarding energy infrastructure and port facilities in the ongoing war with Russia.
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