Russia launched a drone attack against the Ukrainian port of Odessa, on the Black Sea, this Monday (6), leaving at least three dead, including a 30-year-old mother and her two-year-old daughter, said Oleh Kiper, governor of the Odessa region, via the messaging app Telegram.
During the offensive, a daycare center and energy infrastructure in the region were damaged.
Images from Reuters news agency showed rescue teams and firefighters removing rubble at one of the affected sites: a house with the central part of the building seriously damaged.
“If I’m not mistaken, two Shahed drones hit our house. One hit the roof and the other the facade – the central part of the building. Our staircase completely collapsed, blocking the exit…” Danylo, 21, resident of the house, told Reuters.
Some 16,700 homes in several districts were left without power, energy company DTEK said, adding that damage was extensive and repairs would take time.
With the war now in its fifth year, Moscow has intensified its attacks on Odessa, an important logistics hub in southern Ukraine and responsible for most of Ukraine’s exports of grain and other maritime products.
Understand the war in Ukraine
Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and currently holds about a fifth of the neighboring country’s territory.
Ainda em 2022, o presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, : Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson e Zaporizhzhia.
The Russians slowly advance through the east and war-torn Moscow. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, President of the United States,
Ukraine has carried out attacks and says the operations aim to destroy essential infrastructure of the Russian Army.
Putin’s government, in turn, , including drone offensives.
Both sides deny targeting civilians, but thousands have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainians.
Thousands of soldiers are also believed to have died on the front line, but neither side releases military casualty figures.
The United States says 1.2 million people were injured or killed in the war.
