The Russian Armed Forces sent 17 Iranian-made Shaheed UAVs overnight to hit various targets in parts of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Tuesday, adding that air defense systems shot down 14 of them.
“In total” it was recorded that “17” remotely controlled drones were sent to hit targets on the territory of Ukraine, “probably from the eastern coast region” washed by the “Sea of u200bu200bAzov,” the General Staff said. via Telegram.
For his part, Yuriy Kruk, head of the military administration of the Odessa region, said that several UAVs had hit the area, causing “damage”.
“The enemy attacked Odessa and its environs with the help of UAVs,” the local military command reported on Facebook. “There are damages,” he added, without going into details.
Odessa was the destination of thousands of tourists, Ukrainians and Russians, every year before war broke out in February 2022 with the Russian army invading Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the armed conflict, the city has been repeatedly bombarded by the Russian armed forces.
In January, UNESCO added the historical center of Odessa to the list of world heritage sites in danger of disappearing.
Source: APE-MPE, Ukrinform
Source: Kathimerini
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