Fire Breaks Out On Cargo Vessel Docked At Odesa Port After Russian Drone Strike
Russian forces carried out a large-scale overnight attack on Odesa Oblast on 22-23 December, causing damage to civilian, port, transport, industrial, and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials reported.
The strikes also damaged a civilian dry cargo vessel docked at Odesa port.
Ukrainian authorities reported that at least 650 drones and more than three dozen rockets were launched during the attack, striking areas across at least 13 regions.
In the Odesa region, a Lebanese-registered dry cargo ship was damaged while loading soybeans, with fires reported on board. Firefighters responded quickly to extinguish the flames.
Damage from the strikes extended to residential areas. One district saw 122 houses sustain broken windows and damaged roofs, and glazing in three apartment blocks was affected.
The roof of a two-storey residential building caught fire, and a garage was also damaged. Emergency teams acted promptly to control the fires.
Power outages were reported after energy infrastructure was damaged. Generators were deployed to reconnect critical services, while invincibility centres, heated premises stocked with food and power banks to support residents facing power cuts, assisted around 900 people.
Rescue workers and emergency repair teams continued operations despite ongoing air-raid warnings.
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority reported additional damage at the port of Reni, affecting both infrastructure and administrative buildings.
Earlier Russian missile strikes on the Odesa port complex and the city had resulted in at least eight deaths and 27 injuries, including casualties on a city bus.
Energy infrastructure remained a primary target. Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, reported damage to a thermal power plant, which is currently offline.
The Zaporizhzhia Steel Works also experienced power loss, leading to an emergency shutdown of production. In previous attacks, the port of Pivdennyi had been hit, with fires affecting around 30 storage tankers holding flour and vegetable oil.
Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine Oleksii Kuleba said that civilian warehouses and critical energy facilities had been damaged once again.
Reference: Pravda
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