Russians massively accumulated Odessa with drones: the city was covered in thick smoke (video)

Utility rooms, a warehouse with toys, etc. were destroyed, covering a total area of more than 2,780 square meters.

On the night of March 11, the Russian army launched a massive drone strike on Odessa and its suburbs. Fires broke out in the city, including fuel tanks.

As UNIAN correspondent reports, black smoke is spreading over the city after the night attack. Residents of certain areas complain that they have difficulty breathing and say that the smoke is the result of a fire after the 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 a utility building on the territory of a private home were damaged and destroyed, windows were broken 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 statement said.

An investigation has now begun into the facts of 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 storage facilities 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, there was no information about casualties or injuries,” the mayor noted.

The regional headquarters of the State Emergency Service added that as a result of Russian terrorism, 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.

Fire in Odessa after drone attack

As reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of March 11, 2025, starting from 19:00 Monday, March 10, the enemy attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Taganrog region – Russian Federation and 126 Shahed-type strike UAVs and drone imitators 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 lost locally (without negative consequences). The Russian attack affected Donetsk, Odessa, Kharkiv, Sumy and Kiev regions.

Russian strikes on Odessa

As reported by a UNIAN correspondent, an air raid alarm was declared in Odessa and the region at about 21:50 on Monday, March 10. Monitoring channels reported that drones were heading for Odessa and Chornomorsk, and UAV movements were also recorded in the Belgorod-Dnistrovsky district of the region. Drones were flying to Odessa from different directions, in particular from the Black Sea, the west, and the south. The head of the Odessa Regional State Administration, Oleh Kiper, reported that as a result of a massive attack in Odessa , a private house , a warehouse of children’s toys, and a fuel tank caught fire.

(C)UNIAN 2025