Explosions in Odesa and Dnipro as drones attacked cities
Illustrative photo: Air defense forces shoot down Russian forces targets (Getty Images)
Explosions were heard in Odesa around midnight after a warning about the threat of drones launched by Russian forces, which were moving in groups from the north toward the city, according to Suspilne Odesa.
"An explosion is heard in Odesa. Another explosion in Odesa," reports said at 11:52 PM and 11:54 PM, respectively.
A few minutes before the reports of explosions, the Air Force wrote about groups of Russian forces' drones moving from the north toward the city.
Earlier, the Air Force reported that several groups of UAVs from the Mykolaiv region and from the Black Sea were heading toward the Odesa region.
Later, reports emerged of explosions in Dnipro, which were also preceded by warnings about groups of Russian forces' drones moving toward the city.
As of 11:50 PM on December 12, the air raid alert map in Ukraine looked as follows:
Photo: Risk areas in the south include Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions, with part of Dnipropetrovsk region in the east (t.me/alarmua).
Previous attacks on Odesa and region
Russian forces attacked ports in the Odesa region twice on December 12. A Turkish vessel was hit, prompting a sharp reaction from Ankara. No Turkish citizens were reported injured.
Russian forces carried out a strike on Odesa and the region overnight on December 12. Energy infrastructure was targeted, buildings were damaged, and fires broke out.
