US EditionRussian drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa injures 6, including children
Russian drone strikes hit Odesa's residential and energy infrastructure, injuring six civilians including three children, amid ongoing efforts to disrupt Ukraine’s winter power supply, officials said.
- On Dec. 31, 2025, Russian forces launched an overnight drone attack on Odesa, injuring six people including three children and hitting residential, logistical and energy targets.
- Russia this year has escalated long-range strikes on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure, while Valery Gerasimov said President Vladimir Putin ordered expansion of Russia's buffer-zone policy in 2026.
- Ukraine's Air Force reported intercepting 101 of the 127 drones, while two children aged eight and 14, a seven-month-old infant, and a 42-year-old man were wounded; four apartment buildings and at least 14 cars were damaged, and DTEK said two energy facilities were hit.
- Parts of Odesa were left without electricity, water or heat, and Deputy Energy Minister Oleksandr Vyazovchenko said more than 170,000 people were without power; firefighters rescued eight people as emergency services responded.
- Moscow claimed the drones came from Sumy and Chernihiv regions but Ukraine denies this, while a related fire at the Tuapse oil refinery, Krasnodar region, burned about 300 square metres and was quickly extinguished.
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Overnight Russian Air Attacks On Odesa Injure Civilians
Firefighters in Odesa rescued residents of apartment blocks hit by Russian drones on December 31, responding to attacks that injured at least six people, including three children. Ukrainian regional authorities called the massive overnight strikes a deliberate attack on civilian infrastructure. Energy provider DTEK said the strikes overnight targeted two of its energy facilities in the Odesa region, causing extensive damage.
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian authorities announced that Russian strikes in the night had caused six injuries, including three children, in Odessa, the southern city of the country.
The Ukrainian authorities announced on Wednesday that Russian strikes in the night had caused six injuries, including three children, in Odessa.
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