Russia has again attacked the Odessa region in southern Ukraine with 19 drones and 14 missiles, with authorities reporting one person injured and damage to port infrastructure on Monday morning.
Moscow “attacked the Odessa region with offensive drones and two types of missiles,” Governor Oleg Kiper explained on Telegram, mentioning several “strikes” including the attack on “port infrastructure.”
“A civilian was injured by a shock wave,” added Mr. Kiper, specifying that the victim had been transferred to hospital.
According to the Ukrainian military, Russia carried out the assault with 19 Iranian-made Shahed drones, two Onyx supersonic missiles and 12 other Kalibr missiles. A submarine was also mobilized, said the same source.
All the drones and 11 Kalibr were shot down by air defenses, the army continued, indicating that the seaside resort of Odessa had suffered “significant” damage and that a fire, quickly extinguished, had broken out in a hotel building.
Two Kalibr missiles out of the 11 destroyed were in the regions of Mykolaiv (south) and Kirovograd (center).
The Onyx projectiles destroyed grain granaries without causing any casualties, according to the army, which reported warehouses and businesses damaged by falling debris in the suburbs of Odessa.
Russian forces regularly target this region of southern Ukraine overlooking the Black Sea where crucial port infrastructure for maritime trade is located.
Attacks have increased since the abandonment in July of the grain agreement which allowed Ukraine to freely export its production.
On Sunday, a second cargo of Ukrainian wheat arrived in Istanbul via the Black Sea using a maritime corridor set up by Kyiv despite threats from Moscow to attack boats entering and leaving Ukraine.