Two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion: continued missile and drone terror, killings of residents of the region, destruction of housing and civilian infrastructure.
We collect facts about Russia’s crimes against the environment of Odesa and Odesa Oblast during the war: environmental pollution caused by explosions and damage to infrastructure, contamination of air, water and soil with toxic substances, destruction of ecosystems in protected areas and internationally important conservation sites, and more. We will update the information daily, so please send any facts known to you to: zeleniy.list1@gmal.com
08.02.2024
On the night of February 8, the Russian army struck civilian infrastructure in Odesa, damaging a high-rise residential building and an educational institution.
Air-defense forces shot down five unmanned aerial vehicles over the region, according to the Southern Defense Forces. Two patrol officers who were heading to the strike site to help people suffered blast injuries during a secondary explosion. They are receiving outpatient treatment.
10.02.2024
During the night, Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast three times with strike drones. Four people were injured.
The Russians directed the first wave of drones at Odesa. All nine Shahed drones were destroyed by our air-defense units. However, debris from one of the downed UAVs damaged a technical facility of port infrastructure, and one employee of the enterprise suffered shrapnel wounds. The man was hospitalized.
The enemy directed the second and third waves of attacks at port infrastructure in the Danube region. Air-defense forces destroyed 12 drones. Three people — employees of port enterprises — were injured. The men suffered multiple shrapnel wounds and blast injuries. All were hospitalized. One of the injured was in serious condition.
The enemy also struck civilian infrastructure in Izmail: technical premises of industrial and service facilities were damaged, as were the road surface, trucks and cars; windows were blown out in several residential buildings, and facades and roofs were damaged. In Izmail District, debris from a downed drone also caused a fire in a private house and garage.
The fire released almost 16 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air. The total fire area was 200 square metres, according to the State Environmental Inspectorate. The State Environmental Inspectorate of the South-Western District reported this on February 16. “State inspectors calculated the damage caused to atmospheric air at UAH 48.2 thousand,” the statement said. Information on the consequences of the attack was transferred to the operational headquarters of the State Environmental Inspectorate for inclusion in the unified register of environmental damage.
13.02.2024
The enemy launched an Kh-59 missile at Odesa. Our air-defense forces engaged the hostile target. Debris from the downed missile damaged civilian infrastructure: an unoccupied new building and a high-rise apartment block. Fortunately, no people were injured.
23.02.2024
On the night of February 23, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with kamikaze drones and missiles. According to the Southern Defense Forces, Shahed-131/136 drones and Kh-31P and Kh-22 missiles were launched at Odesa Oblast from aircraft over the Black Sea.
“The missiles lost combat capability in the air. Air-defense units shot down nine kamikaze drones,” the statement said.
One of the downed drones fell on an enterprise building in Odesa’s coastal zone and caused a fire. According to the military, a female security guard was rescued from the damaged building and was not injured. During the fire, however, rescuers first found the body of one person who had died and later two more bodies.
Enemy shelling caused destruction followed by a fire in a residential building in Odesa. One person died.
Three injured people were in serious condition. A woman born in 1962 suffered burns to 70% of her body and severe burn shock; her daughter, born in 1993, also suffered serious burns covering 10% of her body and multiple bone fractures.
Another injured woman, aged 72, who had spent almost two hours under the rubble, suffered thermal burns to 40% of her body and limb fractures. Unfortunately, she died in hospital. It later became known that another woman injured in the drone attack of February 23, 2024 had also died. Throughout her stay in hospital, her condition remained extremely serious to critical; she was treated in a burn intensive-care unit. The Odesa resident was 61 years old.
28.02.2024
At night, the enemy attacked Odesa Oblast with strike drones. Air-defense units repelled the attack for 1.5 hours. Nine drones were shot down over Odesa Oblast. While the drones were manoeuvring over Odesa’s industrial zone, debris from a downed drone damaged a transformer at a critical-infrastructure facility. A short circuit and fire occurred. State Emergency Service personnel quickly extinguished the fire. Fortunately, no one was injured.