In April 2025, the army of the terrorist state continued committing war crimes, striking residential areas in Ukraine, including Odesa Oblast. 

01 – 02.04.2025

On the night of 2 April, the terrorist state attacked Odesa Oblast with drones. As a result, residential and municipal infrastructure in the settlements of Khlibodarske and Radisne was damaged. The Avanhard Settlement Council reported this.

“In Khlibodarske, windows were blown out in residential buildings, the lyceum and the utility boiler house. In Radisne, several private houses were damaged,” the statement said.

An air-raid alert was declared in the region at 22:13 on 1 April. At the time, the Air Force reported a group of UAVs over the Black Sea, and at 23:08 — drones in the Odesa area. The all-clear was given at 23:45. However, at 00:16 another alert was declared because of the threat of drone strikes. The all-clear was given at 00:53.

No information on the consequences of the attack was provided by either the Odesa city authorities or the Odesa Regional Military Administration. Air Command South reported that 24 drones had been shot down in southern Ukraine. The Air Force also stated that Odesa Oblast had been affected by the UAV attack.

13 – 14.04.2025

On the evening of 13 April, explosions were heard in Odesa. The army of the terrorist state attacked the city with strike drones. An air-raid alert was declared at 21:48. The Air Force warned of a group of UAVs over the Black Sea heading toward Odesa Oblast. A series of explosions was later heard in the city.

As of 23:37, five people were known to have been injured. They suffered shrapnel wounds and burns. Civilian infrastructure and vehicles were damaged and fires broke out, Odesa Regional Military Administration head Oleh Kiper reported.

At one of Odesa’s medical facilities, a floor structure and glazing were damaged and an operating room was wrecked. No patients were injured, Mayor Trukhanov reported. Residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, a main road and a vehicle service station were also damaged.

The press service of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Odesa Oblast reported that seven people were injured during the drone attack on Odesa on the night of 14 April. Strikes caused fires at several locations. 

On the night of 14 April, the Russian Federation carried out another strike on the city’s civilian infrastructure. The full list of destruction and damage is being established.

Photo from Hennadii Trukhanov’s Telegram channel.

16.04.2025

On the night of 16 April, the army of the terrorist state carried out another attack on Odesa using strike drones. Civilian infrastructure, residential buildings and warehouse premises were damaged. Three people were injured. 

Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration Oleh Kiper reported: “The strike damaged civilian infrastructure, including a fire in a residential building.”.

Later, Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov reported that Russian drone attacks had damaged civilian infrastructure, residential buildings and warehouse premises. At 05:25, the State Emergency Service reported that, according to preliminary information, three people had been injured.

18.04.2025

On the evening of 18 April, the army of the terrorist state launched a missile strike on Odesa Oblast using eight missiles. On the night of 19 April, southern air defence forces also shot down 11 Shahed strike UAVs and drones of other types. Air Command South reported this.

During the 18 April attack, the occupying state used:

– three Iskander-M ballistic missiles;

– two Oniks anti-ship missiles;

– three Kh-31P anti-radiation missiles.

“The missiles were launched from the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea. Odesa Oblast was affected by the enemy attack,” the statement said.

During 18 April, air defence forces destroyed one Supercam reconnaissance UAV as well as four strike drones — three Molniya drones and one Lancet — Air Command South added.

According to the prosecutor’s office, farm warehouses, agricultural machinery and buildings were damaged or destroyed. Rescuers extinguished fires caused by the attack. The State Emergency Service added that there were no fatalities or injuries.

22.04.2025

On the night of 22 April, southern air defence forces shot down 27 Shahed strike UAVs and drones of other types over Odesa Oblast. Air Command South reported this.

This enemy strike on the city was one of the most massive. The army of the terrorist state attacked with approximately 25–30 strike drones. Residential areas in the city’s densely populated Malynovskyi district came under attack. Fires broke out at impact sites; about 80 rescuers and 21 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing them. Residential buildings and vehicles were damaged.

The air-raid alert sounded at 21:56 and the all-clear was given at 22:56. The Air Force reported a threat from strike UAVs. A series of explosions was later heard in the city. Fires were visible in Odesa after the attack.

The attack damaged civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, an educational institution and vehicles, and caused fires, Odesa Regional Military Administration head Oleh Kiper reported. According to preliminary information, three people were injured.

23.04.2025

On the night of 23 April, Russian forces carried out another strike-drone attack on Odesa. Civilian facilities in the Odesa suburbs were hit, fires broke out and two people were injured. 

27.04.2025

On the night of 27 April, the armed forces of the terrorist state attacked Odesa Oblast with strike drones. A three-storey residential building and vehicles were damaged in Odesa district. A 35-year-old local woman was injured and hospitalised.

30.04 – 01.05.2025

On the night of 1 May, the armed forces of the terrorist state carried out a large-scale drone attack on Odesa’s civilian infrastructure.

Two civilians were killed in the attack, and another 15 sustained injuries of varying severity.

A 16-storey building, a number of other apartment blocks and private homes, an educational institution, a supermarket and residents’ vehicles were damaged.

A section of Ukrainian Railways infrastructure was also damaged by the Russian strike. In particular, the tracks, overhead contact system and three freight wagons were affected.

Photos by Oleh Kiper and the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

In this way, the occupying state continued to “force Ukraine into peace” through terror against the civilian population. The same practice was observed in March 2025.