Russian Drone Attack on Ukraine’s Odesa Kills Three, Regional Governor Says

KYIV, April 6 (Reuters) – ⁠Russia ⁠launched a ⁠drone attack on Ukraine’s Black ​Sea port of Odesa overnight ‌on Monday, killing ‌three people, including ⁠a ⁠child, and damaging infrastructure, residential and administrative ​buildings, the regional governor said.

“Overnight, Odesa came under another ​heavy attack by the enemy,” Oleh ⁠Kiper, ⁠Odesa regional governor, ⁠said ​on the Telegram app. As well ​as the ⁠three dead, 10 people were injured, he said.

“Residential buildings, critical infrastructure and ⁠administrative facilities were hit. There is significant damage,” ⁠Kiper said.

With the war now in its fifth year, Moscow has escalated its attacks on Odesa, a key logistics hub in southern Ukraine and the ⁠country’s largest port, handling the majority of the Ukrainian grain and other maritime exports.

(Reporting ​by Olena Harmash; Editing ​by Kate Mayberry)

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