Three people have been killed and 26 others injured after debris from a kamikaze drone show down in an overnight Russian attack struck a residential building in the Odesa region of Ukraine.

A pregnant woman and three children are reportedly among those injured. 

Ukraine's Operational Command South, said in a statement: “During an overnight drone attack on the Odesa region, air defense forces destroyed all Shahed-131/136s.

“As a result of an air battle, fragments of one drone hit an apartment of an apartment building, causing a fire.”

Serhii Bratchuk, the spokesman for the Odesa Regional Military Administration, said eight kamikaze drones and two missiles had been shot down over the skies of Odesa overnight.

Another missile hit the coast, he said, adding that three people were injured by “debris and blast wave.”

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Sanna
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Wish we in Europe did more to help you. Our prayers are with you

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