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Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia with aerial bombs, and Odessa with drones, nine people injured

2025.03.21

Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were destroyed, several districts in Odessa were left without electricity

In Odessa, three people were injured due to the drone attack, including a minor girl, reported the head of the regional military administration, Oleg Kiper. As a result of the attack, a residential high-rise was damaged, and a shopping center and stores caught fire. Electricity was lost in several districts.

«Civilian infrastructure, commercial facilities are on fire, vehicles are damaged», — wrote Odessa's mayor, Gennadiy Trukhanov.

In the city, a residential high-rise, shopping center, and stores were damaged, in particular, powerful fires broke out in three locations, which were extinguished all night. Additionally, local emergency power outages were introduced in the Primorsky, Peresyp, and Kyiv districts of the city.

In Zaporizhzhia, as a result of the guided aerial bomb attack, six people were injured, including a 4-year-old boy. The aerial bombs destroyed two and damaged three private houses, as well as structures on the territory of a dacha cooperative, causing fires. In total, the Russian army carried out 492 strikes on 12 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region in one day.

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine 

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