Russian Drones Damage Substation in Odesa Region, Ukrainian Officials Say

Reuters

12:40 JST, April 9, 2026

April 8 (Reuters) – Russian drones damaged a power substation in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region on Wednesday, while Moscow’s forces repeatedly attacked areas in regions farther east, killing one person, Ukrainian officials said.

Emergency services were at the site of the substation attack and no injuries had been recorded, Odesa regional Governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram.

DTEK, a large private energy company, said one of its substations had been damaged and crews were awaiting word that it was safe to begin repairs. DTEK said the region had been under Russian attack “almost round the clock”.

Energy infrastructure has been under attack in Ukraine for many months. The Black Sea port of Odesa, vital to many Ukrainian exports, and areas in the surrounding region, have been frequent targets of the Russian military in four years of conflict.

An overnight strike by Russian glide bombs killed a man in a village outside the southeastern town of Zaporizhzhia, the governor of Zaporizhzhia region, Ivan Fedorov, said.

In adjacent Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian drones and artillery attacked a string of towns nearly 40 times throughout the day, Governor Oleksandr Ganzha said.

Officials also reported drone attacks in Sloviansk, near the front line in eastern Donetsk region, and in Kherson region in the south and Sumy region on the border with Russia.

In southern Russia’s Krasnodar region, falling drone debris killed a resident on the balcony of an apartment building northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Governor Venyamin Kondratiev said.

Reuters could not independently verify accounts from either side.