{"id":6960,"date":"2026-04-14T07:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/6960\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:15:22","slug":"russia-hits-ukraines-odesa-region-in-major-strike-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/6960\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike &#8211; PHOTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \" title=\"Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-45-1-7104600756.webp\" data-rjs=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Russians launched a massive strike on the southern part of the Odesa region (t.me\/odeskaODA)<\/p>\n<p> A large-scale Russian drone attack has struck Ukraine\u2019s Odesa Oblast, damaging port infrastructure, civilian vehicles, and a foreign-flagged vessel, according to regional authorities. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"754\" data-end=\"960\">The overnight strike on April 14 targeted the southern part of the region, with officials reporting the use of Shahed-type drones against key infrastructure sites, including areas around the port of Izmail, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsukraine.rbc.ua\/news\/russia-massively-strikes-ukraine-s-odesa-1776147657.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">foreign media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1169\">A civilian vessel flying the Panamanian flag was damaged within the port zone, along with a pier, a barge, and nearby equipment. Authorities also reported widespread destruction to land-based infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1406\">A service station building was destroyed in the attack, triggering a fire. Two passenger buses and seven cars were also burned, while several residential homes suffered roof damage. An ambulance was additionally damaged in the strikes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1406\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-24-1-10656901140.webp\" class=\"responsive-img img-responsive\" title=\"2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-45-1-7104600756.webp + Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \" alt=\"News about - Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Russians launched a massive strike on the southern part of the Odesa region (t.me\/odeskaODA)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1406\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-19-1-8880750945.webp\" class=\"responsive-img img-responsive\" title=\"2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-45-1-7104600756.webp + Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \" alt=\"News about - Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Russians launched a massive strike on the southern part of the Odesa region (t.me\/odeskaODA)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1406\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-41-1-5328450564.webp\" class=\"responsive-img img-responsive\" title=\"2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-45-1-7104600756.webp + Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \" alt=\"News about - Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Russians launched a massive strike on the southern part of the Odesa region (t.me\/odeskaODA)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1406\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-33-1-3552300376.webp\" class=\"responsive-img img-responsive\" title=\"2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-45-1-7104600756.webp + Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \" alt=\"News about - Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Russians launched a massive strike on the southern part of the Odesa region (t.me\/odeskaODA)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1406\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-29-1-1776150187.webp\" class=\"responsive-img img-responsive\" title=\"2026\/04\/2026-04-14-08-07-45-1-7104600756.webp + Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \" alt=\"News about - Russia hits Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region in major strike -  PHOTO \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Russians launched a massive strike on the southern part of the Odesa region (t.me\/odeskaODA)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1408\" data-end=\"1603\">Despite the scale of destruction, officials confirmed that there were no fatalities or injuries. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/us-sanctioned-chinese-tanker-transits-strait-of-hormuz-despite-trump-blockade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emergency<\/a> teams were deployed to the affected areas to contain fires and begin cleanup operations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1731\">Local authorities shared images showing the aftermath of the attack, highlighting damage across transport and port facilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/aysel-mammadzada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Aysel Mammadzada<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Russians launched a massive strike on the southern part of the Odesa region (t.me\/odeskaODA) A large-scale Russian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3364,759,5,3919,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-6960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-izmail","9":"tag-odesa","10":"tag-russia","11":"tag-strike","12":"tag-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}