Two Killed in Odesa as Russian Air Assault Targets Port Infrastructure

Russian strikes on Odesa port facilities and residential areas left two dead and five injured, while a separate drone attack in Sumy seriously wounded two police officers. Make us preferred on Google Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied A State Emergency Service rescuer is clearing up the aftermath of a Russian attack on Odesa’s port infrastructure on May 3. (Photo by Odesa Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Kiper/Telegram) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google Russian forces continued their extensive aerial campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure on Sunday, May 3, targeting the Odesa and Sumy regions. In Odesa, head of the regional military administration Oleh Kiper reported that strikes on civilian and port infrastructure killed two people and injured five others. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . Russian drones struck three residential buildings in the Odesa district, damaging two more, while port facilities and equipment also sustained damage. Emergency services have since extinguished the fires resulting from the attacks. In the Sumy region, an FPV drone targeted a police vehicle in Bilopillia. The National Police reported that the vehicle was destroyed, leaving two officers with serious injuries. One of the officers is currently in critical condition. This follows earlier strikes in the region, including a missile attack on the Krolevelets community that wounded six people and a drone strike in Putyvl that injured a child. The aftermath of a Russian drone attack on a police car in Sumy region, May 3. (Photo by the National Police of Ukraine/Facebook) These latest casualties add to a growing toll from a massive overnight assault involving 268 drones and ballistic missiles . Other Topics of Interest Ukraine’s Drone War Has Already Rewritten NATO’s Future Innovation wins wars. That was the message hammered home at the Kyiv Security Forum Defense Technology Forum. Now the West needs to integrate not just Ukrainian experience, but Ukrainians themselves. While the Ukrainian Air Force intercepted 249 UAVs, including Shahed, Gerbera, and Italmas models, at least 15 locations were hit. Sunday morning also saw deadly violence in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, where separate drone and aerial attacks killed two men and injured several others, including children.