Russian drone attack kills 7 in Odesa, Ukraine says

Seven folks have been killed when particles from a Russian drone hit an condo block within the southern Ukrainian port metropolis of Odesa in a single day, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service mentioned Saturday. A 3-month-old child was among the many useless.

An additional eight folks have been injured, authorities mentioned.

Odesa regional Gov. Oleh Kiper mentioned the Shahed drone was shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, and that the falling particles hit the condo constructing.

Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported that the Odesa area was attacked by eight drones, of which seven have been shot down by air defenses.

Throughout the nation, air defenses shot down 14 of 17 drones launched in opposition to Ukraine, in accordance with the armed forces.

Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov reported Saturday morning that over 20 settlements within the japanese Ukrainian province had sustained Russian artillery and mortar assaults, whereas high-rise buildings within the regional capital, additionally referred to as Kharkiv, have been broken by a drone assault.

He mentioned there have been no casualties, however that three folks suffered an “acute stress response.”

Within the partly-occupied Kherson area, Russian artillery shelling killed a 53-year-old man on Saturday morning, the Kherson regional prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.

In Russia, a drone crashed into an condo constructing in St. Petersburg on Saturday morning, in accordance with Russian state information company RIA Novosti.

Six folks obtained medical assist after the explosion rocked the constructing, the company mentioned, citing the press service of the town’s well being care committee.

The Mash information web site mentioned that the condo constructing was hit by a Ukrainian drone. The Related Press couldn’t confirm this declare.

The positioning revealed movies showing to point out the second the condo constructing was struck, exhibiting a robust flash of sunshine engulfing one aspect of the constructing and fragments of particles flying into the air. One other video confirmed automotive alarms going off.

Russia’s Protection Ministry has not commented on the incident.

In Russia’s Bryansk area, bordering Ukraine, an investigative crew got here beneath assault by a Ukrainian drone, in accordance with the Russian Investigative Committee. Two members of the crew have been wounded and two others suffered shock, the committee wrote on Telegram.

Ukrainian forces face main provide shortages

Saturday’s Odesa drone assault comes as Ukrainian troops are rationing ammunition and salvaging components so as to sustain the combat in opposition to Russia.

Ammunition shares are dangerously low on the japanese frontlines, together with different essential provides wanted to maintain the struggle effort shifting. 

CBS Information was taken to an undisclosed wooded location not removed from the battlefield, the place a small crew of mechanics have been working across the clock to repair broken Humvees. It is like a triage for battle-worn army automobiles. 

They’ve put greater than 100 of those American-made automobiles again into the combat within the month of February alone. 

The automobiles that can’t be saved are stripped down for spare components. Ukrainian troopers can’t afford to waste a single factor, cannibalizing radiators, drive shafts and suspension springs.

They’re a upkeep, restore and overhaul unit, modeled on a U.S. army system they have been skilled beneath.

Maj. Ihor, the MRO unit’s commander, tells CBS Information that that recently, it has been getting “an increasing number of tough” to get new components for these automobiles.

“We critically want extra components,” he says.