During today's airstrike, the Russian army used guided bombs against the civilian infrastructure of our region for the first time, the chairman of the Odessa regional military administration Oleg Kiper announced on Telegram, BTA reported.
"This is a new serious threat to the Odessa region. Such strikes pose a huge danger to people and can cause significant destruction," said Kiper.
The regional governor appealed to citizens not to ignore air raid sirens.
The air raid alert in the Odessa region was announced at 1:23 p.m. and lasted until 1:37 p.m.
Local Telegram channels reported an attack with 4 aerial bombs in the area of the settlements of Yuzhny and Chabanka (located about 45 km from Odessa). Explosions were also reported in the region.
The Bulgarians in the Odessa region number over 150,000 people and are the third largest according to the latest official census in Ukraine. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odessa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorod-Dniester regions.