Russian overnight attack on Odesa Oblast damages cargo ship

Russia carried out another large-scale attack using attack drones on Odesa Oblast on the night of 22-23 December, damaging energy, port and residential infrastructure and a civilian dry cargo ship.

Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration

Quote: "Overnight the enemy carried out another large-scale attack using attack UAVs on the south of Odesa Oblast. In the affected areas, damage to energy, port, transport, industrial and residential infrastructure facilities has been recorded.

As a result of the strikes, a civilian dry cargo ship and a warehouse facility have been damaged in one of the districts. The roof of a two-storey residential building caught fire and a garage was damaged. The fires were promptly extinguished by firefighters.

In another district, 122 houses have their windows and roofs damaged by the blast wave, and glazing in three apartment blocks was also damaged. An empty warehouse facility came under fire."

Details: Kiper added that, fortunately, there were no casualties in the overnight attack.

The strikes have caused power outages in the affected areas. Critical infrastructure facilities have been reconnected using generators, and invincibility centres have been deployed; around 900 people have already turned to them for assistance. [Invincibility centres are heated premises stocked with food and power banks to assist residents facing hardships due to power cuts – ed.]

Rescue workers and emergency repair teams are working at the scenes, though their work is being complicated by constant air-raid warnings.

Background:

• Earlier it was reported that on the evening of 22 December, Russian forces attacked Odesa with attack drones.
• In the early hours of 22 December, attack drones damaged a critical infrastructure facility and a residential building in Odesa, and a man was injured.
• A fire broke out in the port of Pivdennyi after one of the strikes, with about 30 storage tanks containing flour and vegetable oil catching fire.
• On the evening of 12 December, the Russians launched ballistic missiles and drones on Odesa and Odesa Oblast. A civilian vessel in the port of Chornomorsk was damaged and one person was injured; the ship belongs to a Turkish company. Civilian and port infrastructure facilities were also damaged in that attack.

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