Russia attacks port infrastructure in Odesa region with drones
Photo: Consequences of the Russian drone strike on the Izmail district (collage by RBC-Ukraine)
Last night, on January 17, Russians attacked the Izmail district of the Odesa region with drones during an air attack. The target of the attack was the local port infrastructure, according to the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleh Kiper.
Ukrainian air defense forces and means continued to work hard in the region to repel the Russian attack.
The head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration noted that there were no fatalities and no injuries in the Izmail district amid the Russian drone strike.
“Russian shelling damaged the facades of buildings and a residential building,” he said.
The official also said all relevant services are working at the scene.
“Law enforcement officers are recording the consequences of another Russian terrorist attack on the civilian population of the Odesa region,” the head of the administration said.
Russian night drone attack
On the evening of January 16, Russian troops launched several groups of attack drones into Ukraine for another air attack.
On the night of January 17, the mayor of Izmail, Andrii Abramchenko, wrote on his Telegram about the work of air defense due to Russian drones. At the same time, monitoring channels reported explosions near the cities of Izmail and Kiliia.
On January 16, at 10:45 p.m. Kyiv time, a Russian requiring air defense was detected in the Kyiv region.
In the Kyiv region, a child was injured in one of the settlements due to the fall of the wreckage of downed Russian drones. A fire also broke out in a cafe shop and an attached boiler room over an area of almost 200 square meters.
