[ad_1]
Kiev: Three civilians were killed during a Russian drone attack on the Black Sea city Odessa Ukraine’s military said in the early hours of Saturday morning after the wreckage of a drone fell on an apartment building, starting a fire.
A spokesman for the Southern Military Command said that air defenses in the Odessa region shot down eight Shahed drones and two missiles, in the latest wave of nighttime air strikes on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks.
“As a result of the air combat, the wreckage of one of the drones fell on a high-rise apartment, which led to a fire,” the military official said. Natalia Homenyukhe said in a statement.
Emergency services said 27 people, including three children, were injured, but the fire was quickly put out and 12 people were rescued from the building.
A spokesman for the Southern Military Command said that air defenses in the Odessa region shot down eight Shahed drones and two missiles, in the latest wave of nighttime air strikes on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks.
“As a result of the air combat, the wreckage of one of the drones fell on a high-rise apartment, which led to a fire,” the military official said. Natalia Homenyukhe said in a statement.
Emergency services said 27 people, including three children, were injured, but the fire was quickly put out and 12 people were rescued from the building.
[ad_2]
