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Governor: 1 killed following Russia's attack on Odesa Oblast

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One civilian was killed during Russia's drone attack against Odesa Oblast in the early hours of Sept. 6, regional Governor Oleh Kiper reported on his Telegram channel.

The victim was an employee of the agricultural firm, Kiper said. He didn't provide further details. According to the governor, a number of settlements in Odesa Oblast were damaged, including grain elevators, administrative buildings, and a few agricultural enterprises.

Air raid alerts were activated in the city of Kyiv and many Ukrainian oblasts around 4 a.m. local time on Sept. 6.

The Air Force said in their morning report that Russian forces have launched at least seven X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles, one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 25 Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones.

Air defense downed 23 air targets, including 15 out of 25 drones.

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Olena Goncharova

Head of North America desk

Olena Goncharova is the Head of North America desk at The Kyiv Independent, where she has previously worked as a development manager and Canadian correspondent. She first joined the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's oldest English-language newspaper, as a staff writer in January 2012 and became the newspaper’s Canadian correspondent in June 2018. She is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Olena has a master’s degree in publishing and editing from the Institute of Journalism in Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv. Olena was a 2016 Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellow who worked for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for six months. The program is administered by the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia.

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