Loud explosions echoed in the Ukrainian Black Sea city, Mayor Gennady Trukhanov announced in the “Telegram“ application, BTA reports.
Air raid sirens were activated at 14:41, two minutes later explosions were heard.
Local authorities urged all citizens to take shelter in bomb shelters.
The Bulgarians in the Odessa region number over 150,000 people and are the third largest according to the official census in Ukraine in 2001. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odessa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorod-Dniester regions.