Drone attacks against Odesa kill 3

Three civilians were killed in a Russian drone attack against Odesa overnight on February 23, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram, reported from Kyiv Independent.

Kiper said rescuers found the body of one victim while fighting a fire that broke out at the attack site. Two more bodies were subsequently retrieved from the rubble of the damaged building.

Russian forces targeted Odesa Oblast with Shahed-131/136 attack drones and also launched Kh-31P and Kh-22 missiles from strategic aircraft from the Black Sea.

The missiles lost their combat capability in the air.

Air defense downed at least nine drones over Odesa Oblast, according to the military. One of the drones hit over the sea crashed into a building in the coastal zone of Odesa, causing a fire. A security guard was rescued from the damaged building.
Rescue operations have been suspended as of 6 a.m. local time.





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