Serhiy Lysak
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Russian drone strike on Odesa residential building injures two, including a child
On 18 October, a Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drone struck a 19-storey residential building in Odesa, damaging the roof and top-floor apartments and injuring two people, one of them a teenage girl. The strike came the same night as Russian attacks on energy infrastructure across southern Odesa Oblast, which left around 24,000 households without power.
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Russian drone strikes on Odesa kill one, damage warehouses and homes
Russian drone strikes hit Odesa city and Odesa Oblast on the evening of 26 September and into 27 September, killing one person and wounding two others. The attacks damaged a production workshop, warehouses, residential buildings, a hotel and a medical facility, and sparked a large-scale fire that drew more than 140 rescuers.
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Russian overnight strike hits Odesa hospital, school, residential buildings
Russian forces launched a massive combined attack on Odesa and Odesa Oblast overnight into 24 September, damaging a hospital, a gymnasium, residential buildings, a previously struck hypermarket and other civilian infrastructure. Two people were injured. Ukrainian authorities have opened a war-crime investigation.
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Russia launches large-scale combined missile and drone strike on Ukraine overnight, killing two in Kyiv
On the night of 24 September 2026, Russia attacked Ukraine with Zircon anti-ship missiles, Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 282 drones, with the main strikes directed at Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast and Odesa Oblast. Ukrainian air defence destroyed or suppressed 227 targets. Two people were killed and eight injured in Kyiv, and damage was reported in multiple regions.
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Russian drone strikes hit warehouses in Odesa Oblast, damaging WHO medical storage
Russian drone strikes on warehouse facilities in Odesa Oblast on 22 September caused large-scale fires, killing one person, injuring two, and damaging a World Health Organization warehouse in Chornomorsk that stored temperature-controlled medical supplies. WHO said it was the fourth time in three months that this particular warehouse was hit and the 21st strike on medical storage facilities in 2026.
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Russian drone strike hits Odesa high-rise, injuring at least seven including two children
Russian forces struck Odesa and Odesa Oblast overnight on September 16–17 with drones and other weapons, damaging a 19-storey residential apartment building and multiple civilian sites. At least seven people were injured across the oblast, including two children, with the casualty count updated multiple times as reports came in.
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Russian ballistic missiles hit Kryvyi Rih metallurgical plant in overnight attack
In the night of September 11–12, 2026, Russian forces struck Kryvyi Rih with ballistic missiles from several directions, hitting the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih metallurgical combine. Local officials reported multiple casualties and damage to nearby apartment buildings, a healthcare centre, and schools. The strike was part of a broader overnight Russian assault on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and other Ukrainian regions.
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Russian strikes hit 13 oblasts overnight; drone strike on Odesa apartment building injures 17, including 3 children
On the night of September 3, Russian attacks caused destruction or damage in 13 Ukrainian oblasts, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported via social media. A drone hit a residential high-rise in Odesa, injuring 17 people including three children, while strikes on Obukhiv and Boryspil districts in Kyiv Oblast sparked a fire at a pharmaceutical warehouse. Zelensky said Russia is continuing to escalate and called on partners to strengthen Ukraine's air defense, including anti-missile and anti-drone systems.