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Posted on April 6, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 6, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleA drone attack by Russia overnight on April 6, 2026, struck Ukraine’s port city of Odesa, killing three people—including a child—and injuring ten. The strike damaged residential, administrative, and critical infrastructure in the strategically vital porto-city, Odesa governor Oleh Kiper reported.
KYIV, April 6 (Reuters) - Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa overnight on Monday, killing three people, including a child, and damaging infrastructure, residential and administrative buildings, the regional governor said.
"Overnight, Odesa came under another heavy attack by the enemy," Oleh Kiper, Odesa regional governor, said on the Telegram app. As well as the three dead, 10 people were injured, he said.
"Residential buildings, critical infrastructure and administrative facilities were hit. There is significant damage," Kiper said.
With the war now in its fifth year, Moscow has escalated its attacks on Odesa, a key logistics hub in southern Ukraine and the country's largest port, handling the majority of the Ukrainian grain and other maritime exports.
(Reporting by Olena Harmash; Editing by Kate Mayberry)
A Russian drone attack hit Odesa overnight, killing three people—including a child— and damaging port, residential, and administrative infrastructure.
Oleh Kiper, the regional governor of Odesa, confirmed the casualties and infrastructure damage via Telegram.
Odesa is Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port and a major logistics hub, handling most maritime grain and export shipments.
According to the regional governor, ten people were injured in the drone attack.
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