What happened in Odesa region in September 2024 can be described as terror against the civilian population. Failing to achieve success on the front line and unable to retake the part of Kursk Oblast captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian army is taking revenge on residents of Ukrainian cities and villages, including in Odesa Oblast.
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 natural areas and conservation areas of international importance, and more. The information will be updated daily, so please send any facts known to you to: zeleniy.list1@gmal.com
04.09.2024
Odesa Oblast came under missile fire on the evening of 4 September; residents of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district heard a powerful explosion.
According to unverified information, the Russians used an Iskander-M ballistic missile. No information about deaths or injuries was reported.
08.09.2024
At night, Odesa Oblast was attacked by enemy drones. The air-raid alert in Odesa Oblast lasted more than three hours. Strike UAVs were tracked near Sarata, Tatarbunary, Shyroke, Vylkove and Kiliia. At around three in the morning, a group of Russian drones violated Romanian airspace and remained there for about forty minutes near Sabangia. The strike UAVs then left Romania, flew over Vylkove and continued moving over the coastal waters of Odesa Oblast.
Residents of Vylkove heard about nine explosions. Up to ten houses, a hotel complex and a critical-infrastructure facility were damaged in the city. Fortunately, there were no deaths or injuries.
Two thousand families were left without electricity as a result of the drone strike on Odesa Oblast the previous night.
Power engineers managed to quickly repair the consequences of the attack.
In total, on the night of 8 September, the enemy launched 23 Shaheds at Ukraine. Air-defence forces shot down 15 of them, including two destroyed by border guards over Odesa Oblast, the State Border Guard Service reported. Two more drones disappeared from radar, probably falling under the influence of electronic-warfare systems.
10.09.2024
On the night of 10 September 2024, air defence in southern Ukraine shot down five Shahed-136/131 strike drones.
In addition, the enemy launched a Kh-31 guided air-launched missile toward Zmiinyi Island from the Black Sea.
12.09.2024
A Russian missile struck a cargo vessel carrying wheat for Egypt immediately after it left Ukrainian territorial waters in the Black Sea. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
13.09.2024
At night, Russian forces attacked Odesa and the district with strike drones. The enemy launched Shaheds from temporarily occupied Crimea. Air-defence forces carried out intensive combat operations for almost an hour.
According to preliminary information, falling debris in Odesa and the district damaged four garages, glazing in 20 private homes, four passenger cars and two extensions to residential buildings. One person was injured: a 74-year-old man suffered a cut to his hand. Medics provided assistance at the scene.
14.09.2024
On the night of 14 September, the Russian armed forces attacked Odesa and the oblast with strike unmanned aerial vehicles. According to an official military statement, during the Russian air attack the forces and assets of the Ukrainian Navy shot down nine enemy SHAHED-136 kamikaze drones.
The enemy attack caused destruction and damage to civilian infrastructure in Odesa and Izmail districts.
Private homes, outbuildings, warehouses and vehicles were damaged. There were no deaths or injuries.
At about 20:20, the Russian armed forces also carried out missile strikes on civilian and transport infrastructure in Odesa Oblast.
Two people were killed in the enemy attack: a 62-year-old man and his 66-year-old wife, residents of a private house in Odesa district. Another local woman was injured and hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.
Facades and roofs were damaged and windows and doors blown out in at least 13 private homes.
According to preliminary information, the enemy struck with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles fitted with a prohibited cluster warhead.
20.09.2024
Four people were injured in a missile attack during the day on 20 September and were receiving necessary medical assistance, the regional administration reported.
Debris, preliminarily from an Iskander-M missile, damaged port and civilian infrastructure.
A civilian vessel sailing under the flag of Antigua was also damaged.
A 58-year-old man who was injured during the occupiers’ strike on Odesa later died in hospital.
25.09.2024
On the night of 25 September, Odesa Oblast was attacked by four Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles fired by tactical aircraft from over the Black Sea. All four missiles, as well as 28 drones, were shot down by our air defence.
The regional military administration reported that one missile fell on open ground in Odesa Oblast. Dry grass caught fire over an area of about 100 m2. Debris damaged two lorries travelling nearby. There were no deaths or injuries. The fire was quickly extinguished.
26.09.2024
At night, the enemy attacked Odesa Oblast with missiles and drones. Air-defence forces worked under extremely intense conditions and destroyed most of the enemy targets. A 62-year-old woman was killed in Odesa district as a result of the missile attack.
Buildings and cars were damaged. Dry grass also caught fire, and rescuers quickly extinguished the blaze.
Toward morning, Russian forces carried out a drone attack: there were no deaths or injuries, and no significant damage to infrastructure was recorded.
27.09.2024
Early this morning, the enemy launched a large-scale attack on Izmail. Russian forces sent strike drones toward southern Odesa Oblast.
Unfortunately, three people were killed in the attack: two women born in 1934 and 1955 and a 73-year-old man. Eleven people were injured, including one child.
Private homes and apartment buildings, outbuildings, other buildings and vehicles were damaged. Several fires broke out as a result of the attack and were quickly extinguished by firefighters.
28.09.2024
At night, the enemy carried out a missile attack on Odesa Oblast.
Enemy shelling in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district caused a fire and partial destruction at a recreation centre. Two nearby parked cars were also burned out. The fire was quickly extinguished over a total area of 600 m2.
Fortunately, there were no deaths or injuries.
29.09.2024
At night, the enemy attacked Odesa Oblast with strike drones. In Odesa district, a falling UAV damaged the roof and glazing of a residential building, a fence and three nearby parked lorries. In Rozdilna district, several drones fell on open ground without causing fires. Fortunately, there were no deaths or injuries.
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A little sad statistics.
According to Ihor Domushchei, head of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office, as of 30 June, 306 cases of aggressor shelling of civilian and critical infrastructure had been documented in Odesa Oblast. Almost a third occurred in the first half of 2024. Investigations concern the deaths of 116 residents of the region and injuries to 472 civilians caused by shelling, including ten children killed and 41 minors injured. Shelling damaged or destroyed property belonging to more than 13,000 residents of Odesa Oblast. Buildings of more than thirty architectural monuments and forty-four recreation centres were destroyed or damaged. Warehouse premises of 110 private enterprises were destroyed.
Transport and port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast has been subjected to systematic destruction. Russian armed forces carried out 33 attacks on ports, nine of them in 2024. Facilities in the ports of Odesa, Pivdenne, Chornomorsk, Izmail and Reni were damaged.
Enemy attacks using missiles and drones targeted strategically important high-voltage electrical substations in Odesa Oblast eighteen times.
The negative environmental consequences are extensive. According to environmental experts’ calculations, the total damage caused to nature by Russia’s armed aggression exceeds UAH 44 billion.