Russia’s genocidal terrorist war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people continues. In November, attacks on port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast continued, while the Odesa Fine Arts Museum and residential buildings in central Odesa sustained significant damage.

We collect facts about the Russian Federation’s crimes against nature in 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 areas, and more. We will update the information daily, so please send any facts you know to:  zeleniy.list1@gmal.com

03.11.2023

At night, Russian forces once again attacked Odesa Oblast. Our air-defence forces destroyed two Shahed-131/136 drones.

Unfortunately, an infrastructure facility’s technical area in the region was hit. No injuries or major destruction were reported.

05.11.2023

During the day, Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast with missiles. The enemy’s target was civilian shipping.

Unfortunately, an infrastructure facility in Odesa district was hit. Three employees were injured. An administrative building was damaged. In addition, the blast wave shattered windowpanes and windows in nearby buildings.

Late in the evening, the enemy again launched a missile-and-drone attack on civilians and civilian facilities in Odesa. Eight civilians were injured in a missile strike in the city centre, and five of them were hospitalised with shrapnel wounds. 

Multi-storey buildings, commercial facilities, vehicles and the Odesa Fine Arts Museum, which is part of UNESCO heritage, were damaged. Works of art were affected by the attack, and warehouse premises of a private company were damaged.

As a result of the Russian attack on the evening of 5 November, 32 residential buildings in the regional centre were damaged.

10.11.2023

In the evening, Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast with missiles and then launched Shahed strike drones.

Missiles struck Odesa district twice. The attackers hit a holiday-home cooperative. Three people were injured, including a 96-year-old woman who was hospitalised. Port infrastructure was also hit, but no one was injured there.

14.11.2023

After a prolonged air-raid alert connected with the flight of a MiG-31K Kinzhal carrier, the enemy launched a Kh-31P anti-radiation missile at Odesa Oblast. The missile fell in a field, the Southern Defence Forces of Ukraine reported. There were no casualties.

This was already the third launch of this type of missile at Odesa Oblast in the previous two weeks.

18.11.2023

The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 29 of the 38 Shaheds used in the overnight attack.

An energy-infrastructure facility in Odesa district was hit. An administrative building was damaged. A fire broke out but was quickly contained. One civilian employee was injured and hospitalised. Two thousand households were left without electricity.

According to Reuters, a bulk carrier loaded with grain struck a sea mine in the Black Sea. The outlet reported that the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Georgia S, loaded with wheat, was heading to the Romanian port of Constanța.

21.11.2023

During an evening air-raid alert, Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast with Kh-31P missiles. The attackers struck Odesa’s port infrastructure. No one was injured.

There were strikes in open areas, at administrative buildings and port infrastructure in Odesa and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district. No one was injured.

Another rare Iranian Mohajer-6 UAV launched by Russian forces was shot down over the Black Sea — the drone was brought down while approaching Odesa Oblast.

According to media reports, a year earlier Russia had purchased no more than 30 such drones from Iran. In early September 2022, US media reported that Russia had acquired these aircraft. That same month, the first Mohajer-6 was shot down in southern Ukraine. Several more such drones were destroyed afterwards.

A large number of foreign components, including European, American and even Ukrainian parts, were found in one Mohajer-6 and its Ghaem-5 missile.

The Mohajer-6 is designed both for strikes and reconnaissance. It can carry four guided missiles and equipment weighing up to 100 kg. The drone has a range of up to 200 km and an endurance of up to 12 hours. Its maximum operating altitude is 5.4 km.

30.11.2023

At night, Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast with Shahed drones. Ukrainian air defence destroyed five UAVs. Unfortunately, it was not possible to prevent all strikes. This was reported by Odesa Regional Military Administration head Oleh Kiper.

According to him, debris damaged a disused building. Rescuers quickly extinguished the fire and no one was injured.

In total, on the night before Thursday, 30 November, Ukrainian forces managed to shoot down 14 enemy  Shaheds.