Odessa region was attacked with drones from the Black Sea. Explosions are heard in Odessa and Chernomorsk, broadcast the local channels of the Telegram application, BTA reported.
Sirens were activated at 01:01.
Residents of Odessa and Odesa region should remain in shelters until the alarm is lifted, urged the chairman of the Odesa regional military administration, Oleg Kiper.
Bulgarians in Odesa Region number over 150,000 people and are the third largest according to the official census in Ukraine in 2001. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odesa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorodnist regions.
During Russian strikes against Ukraine yesterday, two people died and 26 were injured, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA, citing local authorities.
A Russian missile attack today claimed the life of a woman, injured seven people and damaged port infrastructure in southern Ukraine's Odesa region, the Telegram app reported. regional governor Oleg Kiper, quoted by Reuters. Kiper did not specify where in Odesa region the strike was carried out. It only states that damage was done to port facilities, administrative and other buildings.
One more woman was killed in the Kharkiv region, and a man was injured in the village of Ruska Lozova, announced the regional governor, Oleh Sinekhubov.
Nine more people, including four children, were injured in a drone attack in the town of Novokhrodivka in the frontline Donetsk region, regional governor Fadim Filashkin said.
Dnipropetrovsk Region Governor Serhiy Lisak reported seven wounded near Nikopol in drone and artillery attacks on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Lisak later said that a woman wounded in an attack on the city of Dnipro on Wednesday had died of her wounds. A total of seven people died in the attack.
Two civilians in the southern city of Kherson were injured in a drone attack.