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Russia attacks Odesa with missiles, drones, injuring 1

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Russian forces launched six Kalibr cruise missiles and a significant number of Shahed kamikaze drones against Odesa Oblast, injuring at least one resident, the Operational Command "South" reported on July 18.

"Several waves of attack drones were aimed at revealing and wearing out air defenses. Afterward, six Kalibr missiles were launched from the Black Sea against Odesa," the report said.

The military noted that all missiles were shot down but debris and the blast wave resulting from their destruction damaged port infrastructure, several private houses, and injured an elderly man in his home.

Some 21 Shahed-136/131 Shahed drones were destroyed on approach from the sea over Odesa Oblast, and four more over Mykolaiv Oblast, the Operational Command "South" informed.

An industrial facility in Mykoliav caught fire but there were no causalities, the report added.

In the early hours of July 18, local officials informed of waves of drone attacks against southern Ukraine, with explosions reported in Odesa around 2:30 a.m. local time.

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Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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