site.btaUPDATED One Killed, One Injured During Drone Attack on Odesa Region Friday Night

One person was killed and one was injured as a result of a drone attack on Odesa Region Friday night, Oleg Kiper, Head of Odesa Regional Military Administration, said on Telegram.

Falling debris from a targeted site caused a fire which engulfed a house, a business building, trucks and cars. Crews are working to eliminate the consequences.

Powerful explosions echoed in Odesa as the city was attacked by drones from the Black Sea, Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov said on Telegram. Air raid sirens were activated at 9:04pm Friday.

Regional authorities urged residents to seek shelter. Odesa was attacked by some five drones, according to local Telegram channels.

Odesa Region 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. Bulgarians in the region are concentrated in the districts of Bolhrad, Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.