Russians launched a massive drone attack on Odessa: the city was covered in thick smoke
Date: 2025-03-11 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
On the night of March 11, the Russian army launched a massive drone attack on Odessa and its suburbs. Fires broke out in the city, including fuel tanks.
As the correspondent reports, black smoke is spreading over the city after the night attack. Residents of certain areas complain that it is difficult for them to breathe, and say that the smoke is a consequence of a fire after a drone strike.
As reported by the press service of the Odessa Regional Prosecutor's Office, on March 10, late in the evening, the Russian armed forces attacked the city with attack drones, preliminarily, of the "Shahed-136" type.
A number of warehouses of private enterprises, fuel tanks, a business center, a garage and utility building on the territory of a private home were damaged and destroyed, windows were knocked out in private houses located nearby.
"The full list of destruction and damage is being established. Law enforcement officers are documenting the consequences of the enemy attack," the report says.
An investigation has now been launched into the facts of committing war crimes (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
As the city mayor Gennady Trukhanov specified, the attack damaged utility and warehouse premises in different parts of the city with a total area of more than 2,780 square meters. The mayor specified that workers from the municipal enterprise "City Roads" are currently eliminating the consequences of the Russian UAV strike.
"Fortunately, no information about the dead or injured has been received," the mayor notes.
The regional headquarters of the State Emergency Service added that as a result of Russian terror, fuel tanks, a private residential building, and a warehouse with children's toys caught fire.
More than 100 rescuers, volunteers, firefighters from the National Guard of Ukraine and local fire brigades eliminated the consequences of the enemy attack.
Later, the mayor's office addressed the population due to air pollution. According to the information of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Odessa Oblast, 5 fires were recorded in Odessa in 24 hours, as a result of which a significant amount of pollutants and combustion products entered the air. Currently, the municipal enterprise "Municipal Center for Environmental Safety" of the Odessa City Council and the state institution "Odessa Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine" are monitoring the state of the atmospheric air, the results of which will be reported additionally.
To improve the air quality situation, it is recommended: if possible, avoid being outdoors, especially during periods of intense smoke, keep windows and doors closed to prevent smoke from entering the premises. It is also recommended to maintain a water balance - drink plenty of water, use a mask or respirator and air purifiers. In addition, it is recommended to wet clean the premises.
As reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of March 11, 2025, starting from 19.00 on Monday, March 10, the enemy attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Taganrog region - Russian Federation and 126 Shahed strike UAVs and drones-simulators of various types from the directions: Orel, Shatalovo, Millerovo, Kursk, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
"The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine. As of 08:00, the downing of an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 79 Shahed-type strike UAVs and other types of drones in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Odessa and Kherson regions has been confirmed," the military said. Another 35 enemy drone imitators were locally lost (without negative consequences). The Donetsk, Odessa, Kharkiv, Sumy and Kyiv regions suffered as a result of the Russian attack.
