Russia strikes Odesa with drones: a high-rise building in the city center is damaged, 1 dead, several wounded. (photos, video)

Enemy drones attacked the regional center from the Black Sea.

Russia strikes Odessa with drones: a high-rise building in the city center is damaged, there are casualties (photos, video) — Occupiers attacked Odessa with drones / photo by the State Emergency Service

On the night of February 9, the occupation army launched a massive drone strike on Odessa , hitting a multi-story residential complex and claiming a fatality.

According to a UNIAN correspondent, an air raid alert was issued around midnight due to a large number of drones approaching the Odesa region from the Black Sea. Soon after, powerful explosions and gunfire erupted in the regional capital. Monitoring channels reported that “Shahed” drones were being spotted in various parts of the city, and drones could be heard flying over residential buildings.

Subsequently, the head of the Odessa city administration, Sergei Lysak, stated that due to another enemy attack, residential buildings and communications were damaged.

“In particular, a fire broke out on the roof of a multi-story building, a gas pipeline was damaged, and fires were also recorded in cars and a non-residential building,” the official reported.

He then reported that a fatality had been identified. Specifically, according to updated information, a 35-year-old man had died and two people, including a 19-year-old woman, were injured.

According to Lysak, damage to civilian infrastructure has been recorded in the city’s Primorsky District. Preliminary reports indicate that at least 21 apartments in residential buildings were damaged, with the blast wave shattering 39 windows in apartments and 18 in common areas. Two cars were destroyed by fire, and six more were damaged by debris.

Utility services have been clearing up the aftermath since last night, covering windows with film and cleaning the area. A task force has been set up, where Odessa residents can apply for compensation under the state “Restoration” program and financial assistance from the city budget.

According to the regional headquarters of the State Emergency Service, damage was caused to the roof and equipment on a 24-story residential building, a fitness club, and the windows of nearby buildings. Damage was also reported to an unoccupied three-story building at another address.

Occupiers struck Odessa with drones

Eyewitnesses on social media reported that the strike occurred, in particular, on the multi-story residential complex “Divo-Misto” on Srednefontanskaya Street. Local residents claim that at least two drones landed there, causing a fire and damaging residential buildings, private cars parked in the courtyards, and the “Aurora” store.

Russian airstrikes on Odessa

As a reminder, on the night of February 4, the Russian army launched a massive drone strike on Odessa, resulting in damage to civilian, industrial, and critical infrastructure in three districts of the city: Primorsky, Peresypsky, and Khadzhibeysky.

Apartment buildings and private homes were also damaged . In total, more than 20 residential buildings, two kindergartens, and a school were damaged. Several people were injured.