Russia strikes postal facilities, other civilian sites in Odesa, Kramatorsk, killing 1, injuring 16
Russia attacked Odesa with a drone on Aug. 16, targeting a postal facility and injuring four people, including a 42-year-old woman and three men aged between 32 and 43, local authorities reported.
Russian forces launched a series of drone strikes on civilian targets in Odesa, Kramatorsk, and other locations in eastern Ukraine on Aug. 16, according to regional officials. The attacks killed at least one person and injured 16 individuals, including residents and workers. In Odesa, a drone targeted a postal facility, injuring four people, with three of the victims hospitalized.
Later, a jet-powered drone struck two houses in Odesa Oblast, killing a 19-year-old employee and injuring seven others in Kramatorsk. Russian forces also struck an enterprise in the city center, damaging infrastructure. Governor Filashkin of Kramatorsk reported that Russian forces had targeted a postal facility in the city. The attacks followed a pattern of Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, which killed at least seven civilians and injured 51 people the previous day.
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