Oleg Kiper, head of the military-civil administration of the Odessa region, announced that the port infrastructure in the region will be demolished. Kiper reported this on his Telegram channel.
According to the official, a large group of Russian unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the Izmail district of the region. Drones managed to hit some objects. Damage occurred especially to the port and other infrastructures. A fire started. Rescue teams are trying to extinguish the flames.
Earlier, Kiper had called on residents of Izmail and Belgorod-Dnistrovsky district to stay in bomb shelters due to air raid alert.
On September 7, Oleg Kiper, Head of the Odessa Regional Military-State Administration, stated that “port infrastructure facilities, elevators, administrative buildings” were damaged in many municipalities in the region. On the night of September 8 in the Odessa region continued explosions occur.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky during phone calls with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on September 7 wanted to strengthen Odessa region with air defense systems.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.