One person was killed and 11 others were injured when Russian forces attacked a market in central Chornomorsk in Odesa Oblast with a jet-powered drone on 11 November. The strike also damaged nearby residential buildings and cars, according to Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Oblast Military Administration.
The reported injury toll increased during the day. Kiper initially said four people had been wounded, including two in critical condition. In that first account, he said doctors were trying to save the lives of the two critically injured patients. One death had been confirmed at that stage.
By 13:06, an update put the number of injured at 11. Nine people had been admitted to hospital, with doctors describing four of them as being in serious condition. Another person received medical assistance at the scene. The update raised the injury count from the four people reported earlier.
Kiper said the drone had struck a part of central Chornomorsk that was normally busy at the time of the attack. He described the market as “a place that is always crowded at this time of day.” His account identified the market as the location of the deadly strike.
Before the attack was reported, the Ukrainian Air Force had issued a warning about an approaching drone. At 11:26, it said a Russian jet-powered drone was heading towards Chornomorsk. The subsequent reports described the weapon used against the market as a drone of that type.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported that a house damaged in the Russian strike had caught fire. Kiper also reported damage to residential buildings and vehicles near the market. Emergency services were working at the scene, with efforts to address the aftermath continuing.
The market attack followed two other Russian strikes reported in Odesa Oblast on 9 November. One hit Odesa that morning, while another struck a residential building in Chornomorsk on the same day.
In Odesa, a jet-powered drone attack killed three people and left another hospitalised in critical condition. In Chornomorsk, Russian forces hit a two-storey residential building. Emergency workers put out the resulting fire and rescued two people.
