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Russian drone attack on Odesa wounds 10, officials say

By Thomson Reuters Apr 27, 2026 | 12:09 AM

April 27 (Reuters) – An overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s southern city of ​Odesa wounded 10 people, ‌including two children, and damaged residential buildings, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.

The strikes caused the biggest ‌damage ​in the central ⁠Prymorskyi district, where ⁠residential buildings, a hotel and facilities in the center of the city were damaged, said ​Serhiy Lysak, the head of the local military ⁠administration, on ⁠Telegram.

Most of the injured ​people were located there, Lysak ​said.

“It was an extremely difficult ‌night,” he said, adding that high-rise residential buildings, private homes and vehicles came under ⁠attack in two other districts.

Odesa, a major Black Sea port and ⁠a ‌focal point for Ukrainian ⁠exports, has been ​repeatedly ‌targeted by Russian attacks ​during more ⁠than four years of war, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka; Editing by ​Thomas Derpinghaus)