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UAV event in Odesa area, Ukraine on Sat 1st August 2026

1st August 2026

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Drone hits apartment block in central Odesa, children injured in oblast – photo.

Three people have been reported injured in a Russian drone attack on an apartment block in central Odesa. Two children have also been injured in Odesa Oblast as a result of a Russian strike.

Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration

Details: At around midday, Kiper said that based on early reports, one of the Russian drones hit an apartment block in central Odesa.

He later reported that three people have been injured: a 28-year-old man and an 18-year-old man, who were taken to hospital, and a 30-year-old man, who was treated at the scene.

In the Podilsk district of Odesa Oblast, two young children were injured in a Russian drone attack: a 12-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother.

Both children were taken to the regional children's hospital with shrapnel injuries. Doctors describe the girl's condition as serious and the boy's as moderate.

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