Russia struck Odesa port with drones overnight on 20 March, damaging two grain-loaded civilian ships and a grain bunker, while separate attacks killed two women — one in Zaporizhzhia district and one in a humanitarian evacuation car near the frontline in Donetsk Oblast — regional officials reported.
Two grain ships struck in Odesa port
Russia struck two civilian commercial vessels moored at the berths and loaded with grain. The ships fly the flags of Palau and Barbados and remain afloat, Odesa Oblast head Oleh Kiper and Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba reported. Two people were injured and received medical assistance. A grain bunker, port equipment, and administrative buildings were also damaged. Fires were extinguished promptly. Ukraine's Sea Ports Administration confirmed the port continues operating under security restrictions.
Woman killed in Zaporizhzhia district
Russia conducted two strikes on the Zaporizhzhia district, destroying private homes, Oblast head Ivan Fedorov reported. Russian forces killed a 30-year-old woman. A 48-year-old man and a 10-year-old boy were wounded.
Russia killed an elderly passenger in a Proliska evacuation car near the frontline
At approximately 07:50 on 20 March, a Russian drone struck a Proliska humanitarian mission vehicle in Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast, mission head Yevhen Kaplin reported. The car was evacuating four elderly civilians from Druzhkivka and Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka — three women over 70 and a man over 60.
Russia killed a woman seated in the passenger seat instantly. A second woman seated next to her was critically wounded and is in intensive care at a nearby field hospital, Kaplin told Suspilne. Kaplin noted that the drone operators could clearly see the vehicle was non-military.
Drone near school in Kharkiv, no injuries
Russia struck Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi district overnight. A drone hit near an educational institution, blowing out windows, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported. Oblast Military Administration head Oleh Synehubov said no information about casualties had been received.
Air Force: 156 drones launched, 133 shot down
Last night, Russia launched 156 strike drones — Shahed, Gerbera, and Italmas types — from Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, Shatalovo, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, and occupied Crimea, the Air Force reported at 08:00 on 20 March. About 90 were Shaheds. Air defense forces shot down or suppressed 133. Nineteen drones struck 13 locations, debris fell on seven more.
