Ukraine under attack by drones: houses damaged in Odessa, there are casualties
Date: 2025-05-01 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
On the night of Thursday, May 1, Russian occupation forces are again terrorizing Ukraine with drones.
Updated 03:16: As a result of the night drone attack by Russians in Odessa, two people were killed and five more were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper.
"Due to the enemy attack, residential high-rise buildings, private houses, a supermarket, a school and cars were damaged. In some places, fires broke out, which our rescuers are putting out," he wrote in the Telegram channel.
Updated 03:05: In Odessa, as a result of the Russian attack, residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in different areas of the city were damaged, the mayor Gennady Trukhanov reports.
According to him, fires broke out, there are casualties. There is also information about an elderly couple who are not in touch. They lived on the top floor of the house with their German Shepherd Jack.
"On-site emergency and utility services are working to eliminate the consequences of the attacks and provide the necessary medical care to the victims. Currently, three people have been hospitalized," the report says.
In addition, a school received minor damage. Four windows were knocked out.
Updated 01:10: The head of the Odessa OVA Oleg Kiper reported that the occupiers attacked the regional center with attack drones. There is a lot of damage to civilian infrastructure in the city, including residential buildings, and fires have broken out in some places.
"Currently, all relevant services are working to eliminate the consequences of the attack. Information about the victims is being clarified," Kiper said.
The explosions were heard, in particular, in Kharkov. According to the mayor Igor Terekhov, preliminary information is that the Molniya UAV hit a gas station in the Kievsky district of the city.
A fire broke out. There was no information about casualties as of 00:21.
In addition, Odessa is under attack by Russian drones. As the correspondent reports, an air raid alarm was declared in the city at approximately 23:12. Monitoring channels reported that a large number of "shahids" were moving towards Odessa and the Odessa region.
Soon, explosions and shooting began in the city. Mayor Gennady Trukhanov said that attack UAVs were over different areas of the city, in particular on Bolshoy Fontan, in the Khadzhibeysky district, in the city center, etc. Local residents reported on social networks that there were hits and fires. They write that an educational institution and a residential high-rise building were damaged.
After the first wave of "shahids", Odessa is attacked by a second wave of drones. According to media reports, at least 12 explosions were heard in the city.
