Russia fired 2 ballistic missiles and 107 Shahed-type attack drones at Ukraine during the night into 24 April, killing two people and injuring 14 in Odesa, Ukrainian authorities report. Drones also struck a civilian vessel heading for the Odesa port, and strikes were recorded in Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv.
Odesa: heaviest toll, civilian ship hit en route to port
The port city accounted for the night's entire confirmed death toll. Two people were killed and 14 injured in the attack on Odesa, according to local authorities. A civilian vessel sailing toward the Odesa port was struck by drones during the same attack window, officials say — the latest in a pattern of Russian strikes on commercial shipping linked to the Black Sea corridor. Local officials have not yet published full information on the ship's flag, cargo, or crew casualties.
Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv
Kryvyi Rih came under attack during the overnight barrage, regional authorities report. In Zaporizhzhia, explosions were heard in the morning, according to local officials. Mykolaiv recorded two injured, local emergency services say. Damage assessments in those three cities were still being compiled as of early reporting.
Energy infrastructure: five oblasts still without power
Some consumers in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy, and Kharkiv oblasts remained without electricity as of the morning of 24 April following Russian strikes on energy facilities, the Ministry of Energy reports. Repair crews are working to restore supply.
A separate wave of outages affecting more than 100 settlements across Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv oblasts is weather-related, the ministry says.
Electricity consumption is rising, according to Ukrenergo. At 09:30 on 24 April, usage was 3.5% higher than at the same time on Thursday. The grid operator attributes the increase to persistently cold weather across Ukraine combined with heavy cloud cover in most regions, which reduces output from household solar installations and pushes consumers back onto the central grid.
Preceding 24 hours along the front
Beyond the overnight wave, Russian strikes over the previous 24 hours killed three people in Donetsk Oblast, regional authorities report. Two people were injured in Kharkiv and seven in Kherson, according to local officials. Taken together with the Odesa and Mykolaiv figures, the day's running tally stands at five killed and 25 injured across at least five oblasts.
