site.btaDrones Strike Odesa Again, Loud Explosions Heard

An alert was issued in Odesa at 10:33 p.m. on Tuesday. Local authorities are urging residents of the Ukrainian Black Sea city and region to hide in bomb shelters.

According to information from local channels on Telegram, drones are flying from the Black Sea waters in the direction of Odesa.

The Bulgarian community in the Odesa region is the third largest and numbers more than 150,000 people according to the official 2001 census in Ukraine. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in Odessa. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgoroddniestrovsky regions.