3 Killed by Russian Drone Attack on Ukraine’s Odesa

Published on March 2, 2024

KYIV, Ukraine—Three people were killed when a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, regional Gov. Oleh Kiper said Saturday. A further eight people sustained injuries, authorities said. Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported that the Odesa region was attacked by eight drones. Across the country more widely, air defenses shot down 14 of 17 drones launched against Ukraine, the country’s Armed Forces claimed. Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov reported Saturday morning that over 20 settlements in the eastern Ukrainian province had sustained Russian artillery and mortar attacks, while high-rise buildings in the regional capital, also called Kharkiv, were damaged by a drone attack....

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