💥 Attack

Russian forces launched a drone strike on the Odesa region, damaging two civilian commercial vessels under the flags of Palau and Barbados. The vessels were loaded with grain and positioned near berths. Two people were injured, administrative buildings were damaged, and a fire broke out but was quickly contained.

Odesa
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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Two civilian commercial vessels under the flags of Palau and Barbados were damaged in a Russian drone strike on Odesa region

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Two people were injured in the attack

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Both vessels remain afloat despite the strike

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

In Odesa Oblast, two people were injured when Russian drone strikes damaged two civilian commercial vessels flying the flags of Palau and Barbados, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said.

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Extracted: 2026-03-21T05:19:07.322Z

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