Russia targets Odesa river ports with 25 kamikaze drones, Ukraine downs 22 of those

A Russian nighttime drone attack targeted two Ukrainian Danube River ports, injured two civilians, Ukraine downed 22 of 25 UAVs, according to military sources and media reports.
Firefighters respond to fire after Russian drone attack in Odesa Oblast on 3 September 2023. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Russia targets Odesa river ports with 25 kamikaze drones, Ukraine downs 22 of those
Overnight on 2/3 September, Russia attacked Ukrainian Danube ports in Odesa Oblast with 25 Shahed "kamikaze" drones. Ukraine's Air Force says
22 of those were downed. The rest hit the port infrastructure, injuring two civilians, the Operational Command South (OC South) reported. According to the Air Force, the attack came in several waves of the Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 one-way attack drones from the south and southeast: from Cape Chauda in the occupied Crimea and Russia's Primorsko-Akhtarsk. The exploding drone targeted the southwestern part of Odesa Oblast.
The remnants of the Iranian made Shahed-136 one-way attack drone at Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise. Photo: Wikipedia
The OC South says a hit on the port infrastructure caused a fire, which firefighters have quickly extinguished. According to preliminary reports, two civilians were injured and received medical assistance. Read also:

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