site.btaOdesa Region Attacked with Ballistic Missiles

Odesa Region was attacked with ballistic missiles from the Black Sea, explosions were heard, local channels reported on Telegram on Tuesday.

Regional authorities are urging everyone to remain sheltered until the alert is lifted. The threat of a missile attack remains as a reconnaissance drone circles the region.

Odesa Province is home to the third largest community of expatriate Bulgarians, numbering more than 150,000 people, according to an official population census in Ukraine in 2001. Between 50,000 and 60,000 Bulgarians live in the provincial capital, Odesa. Bulgarians in the province are concentrated in the districts of Bolhrad, Izmail, and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.