Ukraine downs 17 drones in Odesa, strikes damage buildings
Ukrainian forces have downed 17 Russian drones over the southern Odesa region, officials said, adding that strikes caused damage in a district on the Danube River that borders NATO member Romania.
“Seventeen drones were shot down by our air defense forces,” region’s Governor Oleg Kiper wrote on Telegram, adding there were no civilian casualties.
“In several settlements of Izmail district, warehouses and production buildings, agricultural machinery and equipment of industrial enterprises were damaged.”
Ukraine’s military said Russia had used Iranian-made Shahed drones in the “massive” overnight attack.