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Russia strikes Odesa Oblast, killing 1, injuring 9

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Russia strikes Odesa Oblast, killing 1, injuring 9
Photo for illustrative purposes. The aftermath of the Russian strike on Odesa on October 19, 2024. (Oleh Kiper, Odesa OVA (ODA) /Telegram)

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Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on southern Odesa Oblast overnight on Nov. 8, killing one person and injuring at least 9, according to local authorities.

The attack damaged multiple residential buildings. According to preliminary data, one person was killed in the attack and nine people injured, Ukraine's State Emergency reported.

The blast wave shattered windows in one of the Odesa city schools while shrapnel damage led to the depressurization and ignition of two gas pipes in other district of Odesa, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said.

Russia has ramped up attacks against the southern Odesa Oblast, targeting port infrastructure and damaging several civilian vessels.

One such strike against the Odesa district took place on Oct. 14, hitting Odesa's port infrastructure, killing one person and injuring at least eight. The attack damaged two civilian vessels — NS Moon flying the flag of Belize and the Palau-flagged Optima.

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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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