Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa overnight, according to local officials.
Three people were injured in the attack, the region’s governor, Oleh Kiper, wrote on Telegram on Tuesday morning.
Civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, an educational institution and vehicles were damaged. The Ukrainian civil defence service published photos of firefighting operations.
In a separate attack in the Kiev region, officials said six private homes, four cars, three other buildings and three garages were damaged.
The Ukrainian air force says Russia attacked during the night with 54 drones. Of these, 38 were shot down. Sixteen drone dummies went off course, mostly due to electronic countermeasures.
The air force did not give the all-clear in the morning, as more drones were detected approaching from the north.
Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia’s invasion for more than three years. Russia has in that time seized and unilaterally annexed four eastern territories, in addition to the Crimean peninsula which it has controlled since 2014.
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