The Russians attacked Odesa with “Shaheds” and “Kalibrs”: the port infrastructure was damaged
18.07.2023 - 09:30
Photo OC “Pivden”.
At night, the Russians attacked southern Ukraine with attack drones and cruise missiles.
Several waves of attack drones were aimed at detecting and exhausting air defense forces. After that, the Russians fired 6 Calibers from the Black Sea area at Odesa, was reported in OC “Pivden”.
All missiles were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense forces.
Photo: OC “Pivden”.
Unfortunately, the fragments of the downed missiles and the blast wave from the downing damaged the port infrastructure facilities and several private homes. An elderly man was injured in his own home and was hospitalized.
21 Shahed-136 drones were destroyed on approach from the sea in Odesa region, 4 more in the sky over Mykolaiv region.
In Mykolaiv, an industrial facility was hit and caught fire. Firefighters promptly put out the fire. There were no casualties.
We will remind you that on the night of July 11, the Russians sent several waves of Shahed-136 attack UAVs (24 units) to the south of Ukraine.
22 drones were destroyed by air defense forces. Two drones hit the administration building of the port facility.
Due to the fall of fragments of downed drones, two near-port terminals, including a grain terminal, caught fire.
