Odessa region was attacked with ballistic missiles from Crimea, announced the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleg Kiper. He urged everyone to go to the shelters.
The air alert was announced at 19.19.
The local channels in "Telegram" reported explosions in the area at 7:24 p.m. According to preliminary information, there were explosions in the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky region.
The Bulgarians in Odesa Region number over 150,000 people and are the third most numerous 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.