Loud explosions echoed in Odessa after the city was again attacked by drones, Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov reported in the Telegram application.
Regional authorities are urging citizens to take shelter in bomb shelters until the alarm is lifted. The sirens were activated at 8:40 p.m.
Over 15 drones are attacking Odessa, Chernomorsk, Yuzhny from the Black Sea, local channels report in the Telegram application.
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.