Russian troops launched a “massive” drone attack on Odessa and its suburbs, killing one person and wounding 13, the Odessa Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported on November 9.

Among those injured in the drone attack in the early hours of Nov. 9 were two children, ages four and 16, according to the report.

The report comes as the Ukrainian Air Force saying that Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 51 drones, and that the south of the Odessa region was the “epicenter.” According to the Air Force, Shahed drones and drones of “unspecified type” were used in the attack.

The Odessa attack damaged multi-story buildings, private homes, warehouses and cars, regional prosecutors reported.

“The inspection continues and the complete list of destruction and damage is being established,” reported the Odessa provincial prosecutor’s office. saying in his Telegram post.

Russia has stepped up its drone strikes across Ukraine, including the capital kyiv, where civilians come under drone strikes almost daily.

A Russian drone attack on November 7 damaged the apartment building where the Estonian ambassador to Ukraine lives, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on November 8. Ambassador Annely Kolk “was lucky not to be hurt,” Tsahkna said in a post on social media.

Russia launched more than 2,000 attack drones against civilian and military sites across Ukraine last month, kyiv’s military reported Nov. 1, as Russian forces continue their offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine.

Kyiv hit by increasing drone attacks as Russia adapts tactics, ramps up production

As Russia launched another swarm of killer drones to attack kyiv one day in early November, one of them came dangerously close to Petro, a 55-year-old resident of a high-rise apartment building in central kyiv. “I saw this son of a bitch about 200 meters above my head, very low.