Russian Drones Attack Historic City Center of Ukraine’s Odesa
Damage at the Privoz market following a drone attack in Odesa on July 24.
Photographer: Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP/Getty Images
A Russian airstrike using drones hit the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight, causing fires to break out in the city’s UNESCO-listed historic center.
The attack injured four people in the city, according to Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper. The drones caused a fire at the iconic Pryvoz market, one of the city’s main landmarks, also damaging an apartment block, office building and gas station, Kiper said in a post on Telegram.