The enemy has once again attacked Ukraine with drones, with the Odesa region bearing the brunt of the damage
In the Odesa region, following a massive night-time drone attack on Odesa, strikes were recorded on residential buildings in the Kyivskyi and Primorskyi districts. Initial reports indicated that a high-rise block had been hit, with serious damage from the fifth to the third floors, as well as a number of private homes. At that time, five casualties were known to have been taken to hospital.
As of 7:00 am, it was reported that three people, including a child, had died as a result of the night-time attack. A further 10 people were injured. Two people in a serious condition were hospitalised. One patient is in neurosurgery, the other in the burns intensive care unit. Eight people are in a moderately serious condition. Among them are a two-year-old child and two teenagers aged 17 and 18.
In the Primorskyi district, a multi-storey residential complex and seven private houses were damaged. In the Kyivskyi district, one multi-storey building, five private houses, a private nursery, a shop and 27 cars were damaged.
According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, residential buildings, infrastructure facilities and administrative buildings in the Kyiv and Primorsky districts of the city were also targeted. Numerous strikes caused large-scale fires. Significant damage to buildings and vehicles has been recorded. Firefighters rescued four people, including a child. Despite repeated air raid sirens, the rescue teams extinguished all the fires. Emergency rescue operations are ongoing, as people may be trapped under the rubble. A crisis centre and an operational headquarters have been set up at the sites, with psychologists from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the National Police on duty.
In the Chernihiv region, in Semenivka, on 5 April at around 18:30, Secondary School No. 5 was damaged following two strikes by Russian FPV drones. According to preliminary data, no reports of casualties or fatalities have been received. Further details of the attack and the extent of the damage are being clarified.
Also in the Chernihiv region, an important energy facility in the Nizhyn district was damaged as a result of an enemy attack. 340,000 customers in Chernihiv, Pryluky, and the Chernihiv and Pryluky districts were left without electricity. Energy workers are set to begin emergency repair work as soon as the security situation allows.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers carried out 872 strikes on 34 settlements over the past 24 hours. A 46-year-old man was wounded as a result of an enemy attack on the Zaporizhzhia district. Thirty-four reports were received regarding damage to infrastructure, homes and vehicles.
In the Kherson region, five people were injured over the past 24 hours due to Russian aggression. Five high-rise buildings, six private houses, an administrative building, a shop, office premises, outbuildings and private cars were damaged.
In the Kharkiv region, Kharkiv and 19 other settlements came under Russian attack over the past 24 hours. Four people were injured. In Kharkiv, women aged 60 and 89 were injured; in Chuhuiv, a 56-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction; and in Velykyi Burluk, a 59-year-old man was wounded.
Russian forces attacked the Kyiv, Shevchenkivskyi and Slobidskyi districts of Kharkiv with drones. Across the region, they deployed two KABs, 14 ‘Geran-2’ UAVs, one ‘Molniya’ UAV, two FPV drones and 20 UAVs, the type of which is yet to be determined.
In Kharkiv, seven apartment blocks, power lines and an office building were damaged. In the Bohodukhiv district, six private houses and outbuildings were damaged in the village of Klynova Novoselivka; a private house, outbuildings and power lines were damaged in the village of Liutivka; and an administrative building, two shops, a car and a post office were damaged in Bohodukhiv. In the Kupiansk district, four private houses in Velykyi Burluk, a garage, a bus and a civilian enterprise in the village of Pidseredne were damaged. In the Izium district, a house in Borova was destroyed, and the community centre in the village of Borshchivka was damaged. In the Kharkiv district, a private house and a garage in the village of Lisne, a private house in Slatyn, and two residential buildings in Pivdenne were damaged. In the Chuhuiv district, two private houses in Chuhuiv, two private houses in the villages of Lozova and Khotimlia, and a hotel in the village of Korobochkyne were damaged. The transit evacuation centre in Lozova received 61 people over the past 24 hours. In total, 26,793 people have been registered at the centre since it began operating.
In the Kyiv region, the town of Slavutych was left without electricity following a strike on the energy infrastructure. Around 21,000 people were temporarily left without power. All critical infrastructure has been switched to backup power; water supplies are available, and social services are operating on generators. Communications and internet remain stable. Resilience centres have been opened in the town.
