Russian Occupiers’ Activity in the Black Sea: Ukrainian Forces Prevent UAV Strikes

Russian occupiers launch combat drones towards Odesa region

Russian occupiers launched a group of combat drones from the Black Sea towards the Odesa region (Zatoka) on the night of Friday, April 5th. The threat of ballistic missile use was declared in several regions.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force in Telegram, the threat of ballistic weapon use was announced in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions. Later, the danger was declared in the Poltava region.

At 3:50, the drones were detected in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district of the Odesa region, heading north. Local media reported explosions in the Odesa region. At 4:24, the military announced the end of the threat.

According to correspondents of «Suspilne» (Public Broadcaster), the explosions in the Odesa region were heard at 4:10.

Targeting the energy sector

«Once again, the target was the energy sector,» writes the monitoring public page Monitor.