STORY: :: Ukrainian authorities say a Russian drone attack killed at least one, and knocked out power in Odesa for a second day
:: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region
:: Released March 5, 2025
:: Given as Odesa, Ukraine
:: Maryna Martynenko, Odesa Emergency Services
:: “The enemy has again attacked the Odesa region, private residential buildings, shops, pharmacies, right in the middle of a residential area. More than 60 rescuers are currently working. Doctors, police, all emergency services are on the ground working, helping, trying to eliminate all fires as quickly as possible. All information will be available later regarding the consequences, regarding the victims. We are working.”
Video footage released by local emergency services showed firefighters battling flames in a residential area. Reuters was able to partially verify the location of the video as one building matched file imagery. The date could not be verified.
The attack also hit an energy facility in Ukraine’s southern region of Odesa, energy firm DTEK said.
Oleh Kiper, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said a woman aged 77 had died of shrapnel wounds on the outskirts of the city. Critical infrastructure was damaged, leaving neighborhoods without services, he said. Kiper said fragments from downed drones had damaged private houses and started fires in outlying city districts.
It was the fourth attack on the region’s energy infrastructure in two weeks, DTEK added in its statement on the Telegram messaging app on Wednesday.
