Russia attacked the Odessa region with drones. Hangar with grain destroyed

On the night of July 24, Russia again attacked the Odessa region. This time with drones. The port infrastructure of the Danube city was hit. This was announced by the head of the regional administration Oleg Kiper.

“For four hours, the Russians attacked the ports with Shahed-136 drones. Three drones destroyed our air defense forces. As a result of the night attack, six people were injured,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Kiper, four of the wounded were hospitalized, one of them is "in a state of moderate severity, closer to severe." The rest had minor shrapnel wounds and bruises.

Kiper also said that one of the drones that crashed destroyed the grain shed. In addition, cargo storage tanks were damaged.

Russia has been attacking Odessa and the Odesa region since July 18 and is calling them "retaliation strikes" for the recent explosion on the Crimean bridge. As a result of the attack on Odessa on Sunday night, one person was killed. Another 22 were injured, including four children.

“Last night, a Russian missile — and it was an Kh-22, an anti-ship missile — hit the altar of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa. One of the most valuable cathedrals in Ukraine,” wrote at the time, promising to restore the cathedral. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Russian authorities claim that not a Russian, but a Ukrainian air defense missile hit the Orthodox Cathedral

As a result of that strike, at least 25 more architectural monuments were damaged, as the blow fell on the historical center of the city, which is under the protection of UNESCO.

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