A Russian drone attack on Odesa on Friday killed two people and injured seven others. This was reported by Serhii Lysak, head of the military administration of the city of Odesa, according to the news outlet Ukrainska Pravda.
Two of the injured were in a serious condition, Lysak wrote, according to Ukrainska Pravda. Initially there had been reports of one fatality, and later the death of a second person was confirmed. At around 10:30, the State Emergency Service reported two further injured people.
The consequences of the attacks were visible in at least two city districts, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing the city administration. In one district a private residential building was damaged, in another cars were destroyed, and there were also civilian casualties there.
According to the governor of the Odesa region, Oleh Kiper, a first strike destroyed a house, and a second destroyed further houses and vehicles. Emergency services were working at the scene, the English-language news outlet NV reported, citing Kiper.
According to NV, the Ukrainian air force warned at around 7:20 local time of jet-powered drones approaching Odesa. Ukrainska Pravda reported that the warning had been issued at around 7:00. In the night to Friday, according to NV, the Russian army deployed 117 drones against Ukraine, 63 of them jet-powered. Air defence shot down 80 drones, including 39 jet-powered drones. The attacks also hit Kyiv, Rivne, Vinnytsia and other regions.
Already on the evening of 12 November, according to Ukrainska Pravda, Russian drones had attacked a furniture company in the south of the Odesa region. A large fire broke out on the site, and four people were injured.
