The wreckage of a Russian unmanned aircraft (drone) caused the death of a civilian in the Odesa region of southern Ukraine, its governor said today, after the Ukrainian armed forces announced that they had destroyed 20 drones launched by Russian forces against regions of Ukraine. during the night.

Anti-aircraft systems destroyed 9 Iranian-made Russian drones over Odessa, Governor Oleh Kiper said in a post on the Telegram messaging app, marking the third Russian airstrike in the region in the past week.

“However, one of the downed drones landed in a residential area in the Odesa region and exploded”Kiper noted, adding that some houses were damaged and a man was found dead inside one of them afterwards.

The Ukrainian air force had earlier announced that its anti-aircraft systems had destroyed a Russian cruise missile, as well as drones. He also announced, without going into details, that Russia also launched an Iskander ballistic missile, which, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, “did not reach” its target.

Russian missiles and drones were neutralized over Odesa, Kherson, Zaporizhia and Khmelnytskyi regions, according to the Ukrainian air force.

Reuters was unable to independently confirm this information. It is currently unclear how many drones Russia has launched in total.