Odesa Oblast News Today

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Ukrainian officials continue to highlight that Russia’s main goal for 2024 remains the seizure of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as Russian forces plan for their Summer 2024 offensive operation.

Three people were injured in a Russian missile attack on the Odesa district on the afternoon of 4 May. Source: Oleh Kiper, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "The enemy launched a missile attack on Odesa district this afternoon.

Explosions rocked Odesa due to an air raid alert, according to a local Telegram channel on May 4.

The attack damaged civilian infrastructure in the Odesa district, according to Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper.

Russian occupying forces attacked Odesa Oblast using a Iskander-K cruise missile, used a S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to hit the city of Kharkiv, and tried to strike the city of Dnipro with a Kh-59 guided missile on Saturday 4 May.

Ukrainian intelligence officials identified three Russian efforts to destabilize Ukraine and achieve victory, and both Ukrainian and US intelligence officials issued assessments about the battlefield situation that are consistent with prior ISW forecasts

The Russian military is reportedly redeploying elements of the 76th and 7th airborne (VDV) divisions from Zaporizhia Oblast in the direction of eastern Ukraine, likely to reinforce and intensify ongoing offensive operations. Select Russian and Ukrainian

Russia fired more than 300 missiles of various types, launched almost 300 Shahed kamikaze drones, and dropped more than 3,200 guided aerial bombs on peaceful Ukrainians in April 2024. Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social networks Quote: "Over the course of April, Russian terrorists used more than 300 missiles of various types, almost 300 Shahed drones and more than 3,200 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine.

14 people have been injured in another Russian missile attack on the city of Odesa on the evening of May 1, according to Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper. (All times listed are GMT+3, Kyiv local time.)