Russia hits Izmail with Shaheds, air raid alert sounded in Romania, explosions heard – photos, video
Overnight, the Russians attacked Odesa Oblast with Shahed UAVs, in particular the city of Izmail, Izmail District Military Administration reported. In bordering Romania, an air raid alert was declared due to the approach of drones, and firefighters received reports of explosions from locals, the Romanian outlet News.ro said.
The Izmail administration said that at night the Russians carried out a massive strike with drones, as a result of which the port infrastructure in the city was damaged.
The enemy also hit a five-story building, which partially destroyed the windows, stairwell, and facade of the building, but without further ignition. There were no fatalities, but there were wounded as three people were hospitalized.
The Romanian agency reported that at night in the north of Tulcea county, the local authorities declared an air raid alert due to several drones approaching the border from the side of Ukraine.
The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations informed the population about the possibility of objects falling from the airspace on the territory adjacent to the border with Ukraine, the media noted.
According to journalists, the air raid alert was declared around 2:10 a.m. The fire service reported that 10 calls about the sounds of explosions were received on a single emergency call number.
According to the department, at 3:46 a.m. an all-clear was given.
At the same time, monitoring channels stated that the drone allegedly "missed" and hit the village of Plauru on the Romanian bank of the Danube near the city of Izmail, and also released a video of a possible hit to the port infrastructure of Izmail.
LIGA.net has reached out to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for comment on this situation and will publish a response as soon as it is received.
On the afternoon of July 22, the Russian troops launched a missile attack on civilian objects in Odesa Oblast.
Overnight, air defense forces were operating in Kyiv Oblast as the movement of Russian drones was recorded.
On July 24, Russia struck Kharkiv: as a result of the airstrikes, one person died and a fire broke out in one of the buildings.
