Russian Drone Attack Injures 9 Persons.

Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa had injured nine people were injured in an overnight.

Local military administrator Oleh Kipe said, four of the victims are children, 12 and 9 years old, while, two babies who are less than a year old, and the four were hospitalized with moderate injuries.

No deaths have been reported so far in the attack, which hit a residential neighbourhood with low-rise buildings, and several houses and at least 14 flats were damaged, while, rescue workers saved dozens of people from the rubble.

Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion with massive Western support for more than two years, and Moscow has since annexed four territories in the east and south of Ukraine, in violation of international law.

The fighting is still concentrated around the east and south, and the country has called on Western supporters to supply more air defence systems in order to better protect its cities and regions, while, Russia has been systematically attacking key electricity, energy and water infrastructure in Ukraine