Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa kills three, Regional Governor says

Russia launched a ​drone attack on Ukraine’s Black ‌Sea port of ​Odesa overnight ⁠on Monday (April 6, 2026), killing three people, including a child, and ‌damaging infrastructure, residential and administrative buildings, ‌the Regional Governor ‌said.

“Overnight, ⁠Odesa came under ⁠another heavy attack by the enemy,” Oleh Kiper, Odesa ​Regional Governor, ‌said on the Telegram app. As well as the three ‌dead, 10 people ​were injured, he said.

“Residential buildings, critical infrastructure ⁠and administrative facilities were hit. There is ‌significant damage,” Mr. Kiper said. With the war now in its fifth year, Moscow has escalated its attacks ‌on Odesa, a key ​logistics hub in southern Ukraine and the ⁠country’s largest port, handling ⁠the majority of the Ukrainian grain ‌and other maritime exports.