Russia Strikes Odesa Energy Facility, Claims Naval Drone Sites Hit as Attacks Injure 2 Elsewhere

Russian forces attacked energy and civilian infrastructure in Odesa region overnight, damaging a facility belonging to DTEK Odesa Electric Networks.

Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration (OVA), said Russian forces had targeted energy infrastructure and civilian facilities in the southern part of the region, including a recreation area.

“The fires that broke out have now been extinguished. There have been no reports of casualties,” Kiper said.

The State Emergency Service (DSNS) later reported that four disused recreation centers had been destroyed in the Russian shelling. The attack also damaged energy infrastructure and sparked a fire at the impact site.

Emergency crews extinguished the fires at all affected locations. No fatalities or injuries were reported.

Russia’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, claimed its forces had struck facilities in the Danube port of Vylkove in Odesa region, including two temporary deployment sites for operators of unmanned boats, a boat parking area, a storage facility for unmanned boats, and port infrastructure used to store and prepare them for operations.

The ministry also claimed that a cargo ship was hit while sailing toward the port of Odesa with cargo allegedly intended to support Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU). The claims have not been independently verified.

Separately, DTEK reported that Russian forces had heavily shelled one of its thermal power plants, forcing it to stop generating electricity.

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The company said the plant’s equipment had sustained significant damage but did not specify its location.

Russian strikes hit Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk regions

Russian forces also attacked railway infrastructure in Poltava region, according to DSNS. The strike sparked a fire, which emergency crews later extinguished. No casualties were reported.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) also fell in an open area in Poltava community, with the resulting blast wave damaging nearby private homes, buildings and power lines, Vitaliy Dyakivnych, head of the Poltava OVA, said.

Local authorities reported that at least six households in one residential neighborhood sustained damage, including shattered windows and damaged roofs.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that its forces had struck a railway depot in Poltava region, alleging that the site was used by AFU to store and repair military equipment. The claim has not been independently verified.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian attacks injured two people overnight, according to the DSNS.

The attacks targeted four districts and sparked several fires. A man was injured in Nikopol district and a woman in Synelnykove district.

In the city of Dnipro, infrastructure was damaged, while strikes in Pavlohrad damaged an administrative building and a residential property. Emergency crews extinguished all the fires, the service said.