Database of Russian Attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea Ports in January–March 2026

The Monitoring Group of the BlackSeaNews and Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies

Based on its own monitoring, the joint monitoring group of BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies presents the database Russian Missile and Drone Attacks on the Ports of Greater Odesa and Odesa Oblast in 2026.

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Abbreviations:
TOT — temporarily occupied territories
OTRK — operational tactical missile system
UAV — unmanned aerial vehicle
USV — unmanned surface vessel
BM — ballistic missile
GBU — long-range guided aerial bombs
ARM — anti-radiation missile
Data taken from the official Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine www.facebook.com/kpszsu and regional authorities of Odesa and Odesa Oblast.

In January–March 2026, Russian forces carried out no fewer than 73 attacks* using missiles and UAVs of various types on the ports of Greater Odesa — Port of Odesa, Pivdennyi Port and Port of Chornomorsk — and southern Odesa Oblast ports, as well as the region’s energy and industrial infrastructure, averaging one attack every 1.5 days. Launches originated from the TOT of Crimea, occupied southern mainland Ukraine, and the Russian Federation.

These included no fewer than:

• 22 missile attacks of various types — 7 in March, 10 in February and 5 in January

• 58 attacks by strike and decoy UAVs (Shahed-136/131, Geran/Gerbera, etc.) — 23 in March, 15 in February and 20 in January.

*The number of attacks by weapon type may exceed the total number of attacks, as both missiles and UAVs could be used simultaneously.

The weapons used in the attacks included:

• 14 Iskander / Iskander-M / KN-23 BMs (8 in March, 3 in February and 3 in January)

• 9 Kh-31P ARMs (,7 in February and 2 in January)

• 12 Kh-101 CMs (February only)

• 6 GBU (2 in March and 4 in January)

• 3 Kh-22 CMs (March only)

• 750 strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types) — (no fewer than 300-330 in March, 220 in February and 200 in January). In March, a drone attack involving the Italmás or Molniya UAV was recorded, and in February, the use of a new strike UAV modification Harpy-A1 was recorded in Odesa Oblast for the first time.

• No use of Kh-59/69 ALCMs, Kalibr SLCMs, Oniks AShMs, Zircon missiles, Kinzhal missiles, or USVs has been detected.

Main launch areas:

Missiles:
Ballistic — TOT Crimea
SLCM — eastern Black Sea

UAVs:
Russian border regions, including TOT Crimea

At least one naval mine was neutralized off the Odesa coast, and one contact mine destroyed near the Romanian coast in January.

Vessels and craft damaged in January-March 2026:
• 5 attacks on vessels (both direct and as part of port strikes)
• 8 civilian vessels damaged
• Civilian crew casualties (killed and wounded) confirmed
• Port infrastructure and cargo also damaged
• 4 of 5 vessels were struck at Port of Chornomorsk
• Weapons used: BMs and strike UAVs
January — 5 vessels:
09.01.26 – bulker WAEL K (IMO 9001148, St. Kitts and Nevis flag)
Second officer (Syrian national) wounded. UAV strike (Shahed-136/131). Port of Chornomorsk.
09.01.26 – dry cargo LADONNA (IMO 9107033, Comoros flag)
One crew member (Syrian national) killed. UAV strike. Port of Odesa.
12.01.26 – tanker ATA VOYAGER (IMO 9408360, Panama flag)
One crew member seriously wounded. UAV strike. Port of Chornomorsk.
12.01.26 – bulker BLUE BEAD (IMO 9171113, San Marino flag)
UAV strike. Port of Chornomorsk.
15.01.26 – unidentified civilian vessel (Malta flag).
Iskander-M BM struck pier near vessel. Port of Chornomorsk.
March — 3 vessels:
04.03.26 — bulker BULL (IMO 9582489, Liberia flag; some media reported the vessel as flying the Panama flag) Crew members injured. Likely UAV strike by an Italmás or Molniya-type drone. Port of Chornomorsk.
20.03.26 — bulker (Palau flag). Vessel name and further details not officially reported. Likely AT-27 (IMO 9136539, Palau flag), which was in port under loading at the time. UAV strike, vessel damaged while berthed. Likely Port of Chornomorsk.
20.03.26 — bulker (Barbados flag). Vessel name and further details not officially reported. Likely Princess Fayzah (IMO 9260859, Barbados flag), which was in port under loading at the time. UAV strike, vessel damaged while berthed. Likely Port of Chornomorsk.

In January–March 2026, a total of 668 ship calls were recorded across the three ports of Odesa Oblast involved in the operation of the export corridor: 237 in March, 216 in February, and 215 in January.

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Database of Russian Attacks on Black Sea Ports
in January-March 2026

January 2026

01.01.2026 (night/morning)
Region attacked: Odesa (Peresyp, Khadzhybey districts), Chornomorsk
Weapon/Carrier: ~20 Shahed-136/131 UAVs
Target: Civilian infrastructure
Impact: Multiple waves of UAV attacks overnight. In Odesa (Peresyp district), debris damaged three high-rise buildings, garages caught fire. A 24-storey building, two low-rise residential buildings, and a private home damaged. One UAV struck a 17th-floor apartment without detonation. Temporary outage at pumping station caused water disruption for 3 hours. 1 killed, 7 injured. In Chornomorsk, an administrative building damaged.

01.01.2026 (evening)
Region attacked: Odesa and Izmail districts
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed UAVs and other types
Target: Port infrastructure — Port of Odesa and Port of Izmail
Impact: Port equipment, vehicles, and infrastructure damaged in Odesa Port. Berths and equipment damaged in the Port of Izmail.

02.01.2026
Region attacked: Izmail district
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Likely port infrastructure
Impact: Reed fires in the Danube delta (Ankudiniv Island), spreading to nearby Vylkovo forest area and Ochakiv island. Fire covered ~10 hectares and lasted at least two days.
Later, the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Southwestern District reported that the fire in the wetlands of the Danube Biosphere Reserve caused environmental damage exceeding UAH 130 billion. Nearly 7 million tons of pollutants were released into the air, of which approximately 6.7 million tons were carbon dioxide (CO₂). Emissions of this magnitude have long-term negative effects on air quality and the climate.

07.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa and Izmail districts
Weapon/Carrier: 2 Iskander-M BMs (from TOT Crimea)
≥15 UAVs
Target: Port infrastructure — Port of Chornomorsk, Pivdennyi Port
Impact: Combined strike damaged port infrastructure. Chornomorsk: oil containers caught fire.
Pivdennyi: administrative buildings and infrastructure damaged. 2 killed, ~10 civilians injured.

08.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa region
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs, 4 GBU
Target: Port and transport infrastructure (likely Port of Chornomorsk)
Impact: Oil storage tank damaged. No casualties. GBUs failed to reach targets due to air defense.
Likely, Port of Chornomorsk was targeted again, having sustained a UAV attack the previous day.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also reported launches of guided aerial bombs toward Odesa Oblast at 16:22 on January 8. As of 16:24, the bombs were heading toward Zatoka, and by 16:34 toward Mayaky. Due to active countermeasures, all GBUs failed to reach their targets.

09.01.2026 (day/evening)
Region attacked: Odesa region
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Port infrastructure and civilian vessels
Impact: While en route to the Port of Chornomorsk, a Russian strike UAV hit the civilian vessel WAEL K (IMO 9001148, St. Kitts and Nevis flag), which was heading to load grain as part of the Ukrainian maritime corridor. The vessel remained seaworthy. The second officer, a Syrian national, was injured.
Near the Port of Odesa, Russian forces struck the dry cargo vessel LADONNA (IMO 9107033, Comoros flag), which was in the process of loading soybeans. The stern section of the vessel was damaged. One crew member, a Syrian national, was killed in the attack.

10.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Port infrastructure
Impact: Empty storage tank damaged; insulation caught fire, the name of the port not specified.

12.01.2026 (night)
Region attacked: Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: ≥10 UAVs
Target: Energy and civilian infrastructure
Impact: Energy facilities of DTEK Odesa Power Grids and another company attacked. More than 33,000 households in several settlements in Odesa Oblast and Odesa city (including Peresyp) left without power. One private house destroyed, five others and a vehicle damaged. Two people injured by debris.

12.01.2026 (day)
Region attacked: Odesa district, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district
Weapon/Carrier: ~10 UAVs
Target: Port infrastructure and vessels
Impact: During the day, UAV attacks on port infrastructure continued. Two drones struck civilian vessels. The tanker ATA VOYAGER (IMO 9408360, Panama flag), which was awaiting entry to the Port of Chornomorsk to load vegetable oil, was hit in the superstructure; no fire followed, but one crew member sustained serious injuries. The bulker BLUE BEAD (IMO 9171113, San Marino flag), carrying corn and departing the port at the time of the attack, was also struck; the vessel remained underway. In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, a Russian UAV hit a winery, damaging the roof of a production building and triggering a fire on site.

13.01.2026 (morning)
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: ≥10 UAVs, 1 Kh-31P ARM
Target: Civilian and energy infrastructure
Impact: In Odesa, Russian forces carried out two waves of attacks targeting civilian, energy, and social infrastructure from around 11:30 p.m. on January 12 until 3:00 a.m. on January 13. Damage was reported to a medical facility, a kindergarten, newly built residential buildings, an amusement park, a fitness club, garages, and nine vehicles.
A total of 45 apartments in eight multi-storey buildings were damaged, with 245 windows shattered and façades affected. The Odesa Professional Lyceum of Construction and Architecture was also hit: nearly 200 windows were blown out, the accounting office and archives were burned, one wall was breached and another destroyed. The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland sustained damage as well.
For the first time, Russian forces attempted to strike the building housing a UN humanitarian mission: two Shahed-136 loitering munitions followed the same trajectory toward the site, damaging the façade glazing. Six civilians were injured in the attack.
Russian UAVs also caused significant damage to two DTEK Odesa Power Grids energy facilities in the city, leaving approximately 50,000 households without electricity.

15.01.2026
Region attacked: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Civilian infrastructure
Impact: Administrative buildings destroyed; fire contained. 1 civilian injured.

15.01.2026 (day)
Region attacked: Chornomorsk
Weapon/Carrier: 1 Iskander-M BM
Target: Port infrastructure, civilian vessel
Impact: At approximately 2:00 p.m., Russian forces carried out a missile strike on port infrastructure in Chornomorsk. A ballistic missile hit the container pier area at the Port of Chornomorsk, where an unidentified civilian vessel flying the Maltese flag was present. The strike caused a fire, damaged three containers, and resulted in an oil spill. One crew member was injured.
For reference: In January, surveys of the Odesa coastline recorded mass die-offs of marine organisms, particularly Black Sea seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus). Ecologists attribute the mortality primarily to thousands of tons of vegetable oil entering the sea as a result of Russian strikes on port infrastructure. The oil settles on the seabed and is resuspended into bottom waters during storms, clogging fish gills and impairing respiration. The impact has already affected filter-feeding mussel colonies that help maintain coastal water quality. Similar effects have been documented in the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park.

16.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Kh-31PD ARM from Su-30/Black Sea
Impact: Missile failed to reach target.

17.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Energy infrastructure
Impact: Energy facility damaged; outages reported.

18.01.2026
Region attacked: Kiliia (Izmail district)
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Energy infrastructure
Impact: Facility destroyed; fire; industrial building damaged.
For reference: Over the past several months, shelling of energy facilities in Odesa Oblast has caused significant environmental damage. According to official data from NPC Ukrenergo, debris contamination from strikes on four substations has affected a total area of 84,775 square meters. The pollution consists of structural debris, damaged equipment, and other waste left after the destruction. Environmental experts have estimated the total damage from Russian attacks at UAH 871,764,750.

19.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: ≥8 UAVs
Target: Residential, energy, gas infrastructure
Impact: Energy, gas, and civilian infrastructure damaged. A DTEK energy facility in Odesa was heavily hit, leaving more than 30,000 households without electricity.
In Odesa district, a gas pipeline and nearby residential buildings were damaged. A UAV struck a 25-storey apartment building, damaging two apartments, the façade, and glazing. In addition, four private homes and 15 vehicles were affected. Windows blown out in commercial premises and a car dealership. One civilian man injured.

20.01.2026 (morning)
Region attacked: Odesa district, Chornomorsk
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Residential, energy, agricultural infrastructure
Impact: Energy facility damaged. 9-storey residential building struck, fire ensued.

21.01.2026 (morning)
Region attacked: Chornomorsk, Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: >10 UAVs
Target: Civilian, industrial, energy infrastructure
Impact: Between approximately 6:00 and 7:00 a.m., Russian forces carried out a mass UAV attack on residential areas of Odesa Oblast. In Odesa district, within the Chornomorsk community, four private homes and a two-storey residential building were damaged or destroyed, along with a garage and a vehicle; a warehouse storing furniture products was also destroyed. One civilian man was injured. The attack also caused significant damage to a DTEK Odesa Power Grids energy facility, leaving several thousand customers without electricity.

22.01.2026
Region attacked: Chornomorsk
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Energy and residential infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, Russian forces attacked Odesa district with strike UAVs. Chornomorsk was among the main targets — the city experienced a complete power outage, hospitals switched to generators, and schools moved to remote learning.
Energy infrastructure and residential areas were damaged. A UAV struck between the 18th and 19th floors of an apartment building without detonating, damaging the façade, windows, and parked vehicles. A teenage boy born in 2009 was killed in the attack.
Emergency power outages were introduced in Odesa, parts of Odesa district, and several district centers across the oblast.
Cross-border incident: On the morning of January 22, at approximately 09:25, a UAV about 2.5 meters long was discovered in the village of Crocmaz, Ștefan Vodă district, Moldova, near the border with Odesa Oblast. According to Moldovan police, the drone contained an unexploded explosive device.

27.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: ≥ 50 UAVs
Target: Civilian and energy infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, Russian forces launched a mass UAV attack on Odesa, with more than ten impact sites recorded. At least 46 buildings were damaged across three districts of the city. Damage included roofs, façades, and windows in multi-storey residential buildings (ranging from 2 to 9 floors), around 10 private homes, a church, a fitness center, an infrastructure facility, a kindergarten, a shop, and a construction site. At least five vehicles parked nearby were burned out.
The heaviest destruction occurred in the Primorskyi district, where 43 buildings and, according to preliminary data, 122 apartments were damaged. In the Peresyp district, three buildings were affected, with more than 200 windows shattered. In the Khadzhybey district, a four-storey residential building was partially destroyed. More than 30 people were injured, including six children and a pregnant woman; four people were killed.The attack damaged Preschool No. 14 and the Professional Lyceum of Construction and Architecture, which had already sustained damage during the January 13 strike.
A DTEK Odesa Power Grids energy facility in Odesa was also hit again, with the company reporting “extensive destruction.”

27-28.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs (29 downed)
Target: Port, rail, civilian infrastructure — Pivdennyi Port
Impact: Overnight, the Port of Pivdennyi was attacked, destroying logistics elements on its территории and damaging hangars, a locomotive, and industrial buildings.
During an evening strike, a UAV hit the grounds of the Holy Dormition Monastery. Buildings on the site were damaged, including shattered windows in churches and structural damage to monastery facilities, notably the main cathedral dedicated to the icon of the Mother of God Life-Giving Spring. Damage was also recorded at the monastery cemetery, including structures and a winter garden. The monastery greenhouse sustained heavy damage: the boiler was hit, the heating system destroyed, and all glazing blown out. Additional strikes hit the dairy facility and utility yard. A seminarian was injured. A UAV also struck a private residential house in Odesa, injuring three civilian men of different ages.

29.01.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: UAVs
Target: Industrial infrastructure
Impact: Fire at industrial site; warehouses and vehicles damaged.

February 2026

03.02.2026
Region attacked: Southern Odesa Oblast, including Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district
Weapon/Carrier: ≥50 Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types, likely 6 Kh-101 CMs
Target: Civilian and energy infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, strike UAVs targeted residential areas and energy infrastructure across Odesa Oblast. Facades, windows, and fences of three homes were damaged, along with four vehicles, one of which burned completely. More than 50,000 residents lost electricity.
The village of Kurortne (Serhiivka community, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district) sustained significant destruction, including residential buildings.
After 5:00 a.m., the Air Force warned of possible CM launches from Tu-95MS bombers over the Caspian Sea. At 6:45 a.m, missiles were tracked over western Mykolaiv Oblast toward northern Odesa Oblast; no impacts were reported.
Throughout the night and morning, air defense in southern Ukraine downed or suppressed six Kh-101 CMs and 55 UAVs (Shahed, Gerbera, and others), with no breakdown for Odesa Oblast available.

04.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types (19 destroyed)
Target: Civilian, industrial, critical infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, Russian forces conducted a mass UAV attack on civilian, industrial, and residential targets in Primorskyi, Peresyp, and Khadzhybey districts. A critical infrastructure facility, administrative and industrial buildings, two kindergartens, a lyceum, about 20 residential buildings, and passenger vehicles were damaged. Two vehicles and four apartments in a two-storey building were hit, with windows shattered in adjacent buildings. Five civilians were injured.

04.02.2026 (evening)
Region attacked: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district
Weapon/Carrier: 1 Iskander-M BM (from TOT Crimea), 1 Kh-31P ARM (from Black Sea)
Target: Civilian, industrial, and critical infrastructure
Impact: In the evening, Russian forces launched a missile strike on the Serhiivka community. The attack damaged 24 sites, including roofs, doors, and windows in eight residential and nine commercial buildings. Missile alerts were issued twice: 4:04–4:21 p.m.(target toward Artsyz) and 8:57–9:18 p.m. (target toward Sarata).

07.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs
Target: Industrial infrastructure
Impact: Around midnight, an industrial facility was hit; blast waves shattered windows in nearby buildings, including a church.

09.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs
Target: Residential, critical, gas infrastructure
Impact: A mass UAV attack struck residential areas. In Primorskyi district, a UAV hit a high-rise building. Facades and windows were damaged across multiple buildings (21 apartments), with 57 windows shattered. Two vehicles were destroyed and six damaged. A fitness club, nearby structures, and a gas pipeline were also hit. One man was killed and two injured.

10.02.2026
Region attacked: Kiliia, Izmail district
Weapon/Carrier: about 20 Shahed-136/131 UAVs
Target: Energy infrastructure
Impact: A DTEK energy facility and an administrative building in Izmail district sustained heavy damage. Partial outages affected three communities, while critical infrastructure operated on backup power.
More than 95,000 residents across 42 settlements lost electricity. In Kiliia, over 200 buildings lost gas supply and central heating, affecting 31,000 residents dependent on electric heating.
According to the State Environmental Inspectorate of the South-Western District, a Russian strike on an energy facility in Kiliia caused 40 tons of transformer oil to burn. Environmental damage was estimated at over UAH 470,000.
Cross-border incidents: On February 10, UAV debris was discovered on the beach of the Mamaia resort (Constanța County), Romania, most likely from a drone shot down over the sea near Odesa Oblast. Romanian media described the UAV as “medium-sized, with an engine and propeller and white identification markings on the fuselage.” Two days later, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence stated that the debris found on the Mamaia beach could be part of an aerial target destroyed during recent military exercises at the Capu Midia training range. Additional drone debris, likely Russian, was reported near Midia port in late January.

10.02.2026
Region attacked: Likely Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district
Weapon/Carrier: Kh-31P ARM
Target/Impact: A missile launched from a Su-30 over the Black Sea toward Zatoka/Serhiivka failed to reach its target.

11.02.2026
Region attacked: Likely Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district
Weapon/Carrier: Kh-31P ARM
Target/Impact: At approximately 4:15 p.m., a Kh-31P ARM launched from a Su-30 over the Black Sea toward Zatoka or Serhiivka failed to reach its target.
The Kh-31PD is a high-speed air-launched ARM designed to destroy air defense systems and radar installations.

12.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types
Target: Residential, energy infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, Russian forces conducted a mass UAV attack targeting energy infrastructure and residential areas. An infrastructure facility was struck, causing a fire.
A nine-storey residential building sustained façade and roof damage, with a fire on the upper floor. A supermarket, more than 20 passenger vehicles, and market pavilions were destroyed or damaged.
A DTEK Odesa Power Grids facility was also hit (the 31st major substation strike), causing outages that disrupted water supply across Kyivskyi and parts of Khadzhybey districts, as well as Lymanka, Chervonyi Khutir, Raiduzhnyi, Sovinyon 1–5, Chornomorka, and Tairove.
A business center was damaged, and one civilian man was injured.
Cross-border incidents: On February 12, debris resembling a UAV was discovered on Tuzla beach in Romania, marking the third such incident since the beginning of the year. Following the large-scale Russian strike on southern Odesa Oblast on February 10, drone fragments were also found on the beach at the Mamaia resort in Romania, most likely from a UAV shot down over the sea near Odesa Oblast. Romanian media described the drone as “medium-sized, with an engine and propeller and white identification markings on the fuselage.” At the same time, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence stated that the debris found on the Mamaia beach could be part of an aerial target destroyed during recent military exercises at the Capu Midia training range. Additional drone debris was reported near Midia port in late January.

12.02.2026 (evening)
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types, including new Harpy-A1 modification
Target: Residential, energy, port, industrial infrastructure
Impact: At approximately 10:30 p.m., Russian forces launched a mass UAV attack targeting energy, port, industrial, and residential sites. At least five explosions were reported in Odesa.
Two 24-storey residential buildings were struck, with apartments on upper floors damaged. Blast waves shattered windows in a kindergarten and a gymnasium.
Large fires at a car dealership and service station (~2,000 m²) destroyed nearly 30 vehicles and multiple garage units. A DTEK energy facility also sustained substantial destruction.
According to the State Environmental Inspectorate of the South-Western District, emissions from these fires released 158 tons of pollutants, with environmental damage exceeding UAH 482,000.
Industrial, energy, and port infrastructure in Odesa district was also hit, disrupting electricity, heating, and water supply.
One of the ports of Greater Odesa was struck: warehouses, industrial and auxiliary buildings, and port infrastructure elements were damaged. Fertilizer storage facilities and transport assets were also hit. Four passenger vehicles and freight railcars caught fire. A 20-year-old man was killed; six others were injured and hospitalized.
Reference: During this attack, Russia used a new Harpy-A1 UAV modification produced by the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol. These UAVs are equipped with a 16-element Kometa-M16 CRPA antenna designed for satellite navigation in electronic warfare environments, enabling accurate positioning by filtering false signals.

13.02.2026
Region attacked: Southern Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 2 Kh-31 ARMs
Target/Impact: Between approximately 1:00 and 2:00 p.m., Russian forces launched two ARMs from a Su-30 over the Black Sea; both failed to reach their targets.

14.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types
Target: Residential sector
Impact: An overnight strike destroyed an apartment in a single-storey residential building and damaged nearby homes, killing a 75-year-old woman.

15.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types
Target: Civilian, railway infrastructure
Impact: Two consecutive overnight attacks targeted transport infrastructure, damaging administrative buildings at a railway station. A subsequent strike hit a rail tanker, causing a fuel spill and fire.
Blast waves shattered windows in residential and educational buildings across Kyivskyi, Primorskyi, Khadzhybey, Slobidka, and Peresyp districts. Power outages disrupted water supply.

16.02.2026
Region attacked: Southern Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 Kh-31PD ARM
Target/Impact: Between approximately 3:00 and 4:00 p.m., a Kh-31PD ARM launched from a Su-30 over the Black Sea failed to reach its target.

17.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: 6–8 Kh-101 CMs, about 50 UAVs
Target: Energy infrastructure, residential sector
Impact: Overnight attacks targeted energy infrastructure and residential areas; air raid alerts were issued three times, with explosions during two of them.
A DTEK energy facility was struck again and heavily damaged. Fires broke out across Odesa, including at a service station (two vehicles destroyed), as well as at tire warehouses, food shops, and a clothing warehouse.
Seven private garages and two vehicles were destroyed; a 25-storey residential building, a private home, a bus stop, and a mini-market were damaged. Two civilian men were hospitalized.
After 06:00 a.m., monitoring channels reported 6–8 Kh-101 CMs approaching from the sea toward Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Lymanka, with possible redirection toward Vinnytsia Oblast. Air defense reported intercepting 10 Kh-101 CMs and 59 UAVs, without specifying numbers over Odesa Oblast.
Environmental impact: a service station fire (~300 m²) released nearly 25 tons of emissions, including 23.7 tons of CO₂; according to the State Environmental Inspectorate of the South-Western District, damage exceeded UAH 72,000.

21.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types (13 downed/suppressed)
Target: Civilian, energy infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, Russian forces attacked energy and civilian infrastructure. A DTEK Odesa Power Grids facility, including company warehouses, sustained major damage.
Three strikes in Khadzhybey district destroyed two homes and shattered windows in 12 others. In Primorskyi district, a residential building was hit, affecting 115 apartments.
Two homes and three vehicles were destroyed; eight additional homes, garages, and a gas pipeline were damaged. Odesa Legal Lyceum sustained partial damage.

22.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types
Target: Energy infrastructure
Impact: Between approximately 2:00 and 3:00 a.m., Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure, causing large fires; locations were not disclosed.
At 3:58 a.m., a potential BM threat from the north was reported; no impact confirmed.

22.02.2026
Region attacked: Chornomorsk
Weapon/Carrier: 1 Kh-31PD ARM
Target/Impact: Between approximately 3:00 and 4:00 p.m., a Kh-31PD ARM launched from a Su-30 over the Black Sea toward Chornomorsk failed to reach its target.

23.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types
Target: Energy, industrial, civilian, port-adjacent infrastructure
Impact: A DTEK Odesa Power Grids facility was struck again (fourth hit to the substation). Civilian logistics infrastructure and a truck staging area serving port operations were damaged.
Two civilians (a woman and a man) were killed; three other men were injured and hospitalized.
Apartments on one floor of a 16-storey building were damaged; one UAV struck an apartment without detonating.
An industrial building and about 10 vehicles were destroyed; an administrative building, an auto shop, and more than 20 additional vehicles were damaged. Air raid alerts were declared in Odesa, Izmail, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, and Bolhrad districts. UAVs were tracked toward Zatoka, Ovidiopol, and Chornomorsk. Critical infrastructure in the Chornomorsk community lost power.
Reference: Over four years of the full-scale war, Russian forces have attacked Odesa 193 times; 145 civilians (including 10 children) have been killed and 635 injured, according to the Odesa City Military Administration.

23.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 Iskander-M BM (from TOT Crimea)
Target: Civilian, energy infrastructure
Impact: At approximately 9:00 p.m., Russian forces launched an Iskander-M strike; no information on location or consequences was reported.

25.02.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Mayaky
Weapon/Carrier: 1 Iskander-M BM (from TOT Crimea)
Target: Transport infrastructure
Impact: Following an air alert for a possible BM strike from the south, an explosion was heard in Odesa at about 4:22 p.m.. The Air Force reported a high-speed target toward Mayaky; no confirmed impact data.

25–26.02.2026 (cross-border incident)
Region attacked: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types
Target: Energy infrastructure
Impact: In the morning, Russian forces struck a DTEK Odesa Power Grids substation; emergency outages were imposed.
UAV and missile threats persisted overnight.
By 10:00 a.m. on February 26, air defense reported intercepting 88 Shahed/Gerbera UAVs and 27 other strike UAVs, without specifying numbers over Odesa Oblast.
Cross-border incident: In the evening, a Russian strike UAV entered Romanian airspace. Monitoring channels reported a Shahed UAV at approximately 17:00 moving toward southern Odesa Oblast (Tatarbunary–Tuzly–Sarata), later toward Kiliia–Izmail. Around the same time, the Izmail District Military Administration reported it moving from Romanian territorial waters toward Vylkove.
Romanian media reported that at approximately 6:15 p.m. on February 25, residents in northern Tulcea County received a Ro-Alert warning. Two F-16s were scrambled from Fetești Air Base. According to the Romanian Ministry of National Defence, the UAV briefly entered national airspace near Sfântu Gheorghe without posing a threat and exited north of Sulina, flying only over territorial waters.

27.02.2026
Region attacked: Izmail, Izmail district
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136/131 UAVs and other types (approximately 20 launched, 16 destroyed)
Target: Port, industrial, civilian, and railway infrastructure, Port of Izmail
Impact: Between approximately 3:00 and 5:00 a.m., a mass UAV attack on Izmail resulted in about ten explosions.
Around 30 multi-storey buildings were affected, damaging about 40 apartments, interiors, and entrances. Private homes, two medical facilities, a sports complex, a kindergarten, two administrative buildings, and road infrastructure were also damaged. The outpatient department of the Danube branch of Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital was struck for the fifth time; the Portovyk leisure center and the tax office building were also hit.
Port infrastructure at the Port of Izmail was damaged, including storage tanks, warehouses, production facilities, a crane, and two cargo trucks. Fires broke out at multiple sites, including containers with food products.
Izmail railway station sustained damage to the dispatcher building, fencing, and three empty railcars. Two civilians were injured (a 3-year-old girl and a 43-year-old man), both hospitalized.

March 2026

01.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131, Gerbera, and other types; 42 downed)
Target: Civilian infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, air raid alerts were declared twice in Odesa. At around 5:00 A.M., several explosions were heard in the city. No official information was released regarding damage or casualties.

02.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Civilian infrastructure
Impact: A morning UAV attack on civilian infrastructure in Odesa damaged two properties. One house was destroyed following the drone strike, triggering a fire. Structural elements were damaged, including façades, roof, and glazing. Reports also noted drone movements toward Pivdennyi Port.

03.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Transport, port, and rail infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, air raid alerts in the oblast were declared four times due to groups of UAVs moving from the Black Sea toward Zatoka, Chornomorsk, Odesa, and Pivdennyi, later heading in the direction of Izmail. The night attack damaged port and transport infrastructure facilities, including a dry cargo warehouse and road containers (port name not reported), as well as facilities within the port area (unnamed), buildings and infrastructure of enterprises in the port zone, and rail infrastructure. Blast waves also affected partner company offices, shattering windows in administrative buildings.

04.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district, village of Zatoka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 Iskander-M BM, strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types, likely Italmás or Molniya)
Target: Rail transport, port, and energy infrastructure; Port of Chornomorsk. A civilian vessel.
Impact: A combined daytime ballistic missile and UAV attack on Odesa Oblast at around 3:00 p.m. damaged energy facilities and a transport infrastructure site. In Zatoka, a ballistic missile struck the settlement, damaging the glazing, façade, and roof of the railway station administrative building, as well as a passenger car. Four civilians were injured: two men (including a railway worker who later died of his injuries in hospital), an 11-year-old girl, and a 14-year-old boy.

As the civilian bulker BULL (IMO 9582489, Liberia flag; some media identified it as flying the Panama flag) departed the Port of Chornomorsk, it was damaged in a Russian UAV strike. Crew members were among the injured. Carrying a cargo of corn, the vessel continued on its scheduled voyage after the captain declined assistance. The UAV was likely an Italmás- or Molniya-type drone.
Air raid alerts were issued, among others, for Odesa district (with UAVs heading toward Chornomorsk), as well as Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Izmail, and Bolhrad districts.

04.03.2026
Region attacked: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Izmail districts, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Transport and civilian infrastructure
Impact: In the evening, Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in the southern districts of Odesa Oblast, damaging a transport infrastructure facility, an administrative building, and three private residential houses.

05.03.2026
Region attacked: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Portside infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, Russian forces attacked the coastline of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district in Odesa Oblast. The strike caused a fire at an inactive resort facility, with wooden buildings engulfed over an area of 250 square meters. The blaze was extinguished before it could spread further. A nearby four-storey building sustained significant damage, and vehicles in the vicinity were also badly damaged.

05.03.2026
Region attacked: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Civilian infrastructure
Impact: Between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., a Russian strike UAV hit an area near a secondary school in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district. The strike affected the school stadium, while the blast wave shattered windows in the school building. Air raid alerts were issued twice in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district before the end of the day.

07.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Civilian and port infrastructure, likely Port of Odesa and Port of Chornomorsk
Impact: A night-time UAV attack on Odesa targeted an infrastructure facility, with the assault lasting from midnight until around 4:00 a.m. At least ten explosions were reported across the city. The strike affected facilities at no fewer than two ports in Odesa Oblast: vegetable oil storage tanks caught fire, a grain warehouse was hit, and administrative and technical buildings were also affected. Additional impacts on port infrastructure were recorded at another facility.

08.03.2026
Region attacked: likely Odesa district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 2 Iskander-M BMs launched from TOT Crimea
Target: Civilian infrastructure
Impact: In the evening, Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast with two Iskander-M BMs. Explosions in Odesa were heard at around 7:42 P.M., with repeated blasts reported at approximately 8:00 P.M.

09.03.2026
Region attacked: Zmiinyi Island, Black Sea, southern districts of Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 3 Kh-22 ASM
Target/Impact: During the day, Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers launched three Kh-22 anti-ship missiles toward Zmiinyi Island and the southern part of Odesa Oblast. No information on the effects of the strike was released.
Military experts believe the attacks in the vicinity of Zmiinyi Island may be part of Russia's effort to limit Ukraine's presence in the area and reinforce its control over the Black Sea.

10.03.2026
Region attacked: area of Zmiinyi Island, Black Sea
Weapon/Carrier: GBU/ CMs
Target/Impact: In the morning, the Air Force reported that Russian aircraft had launched CMs toward Zmiinyi Island and the southern part of Odesa Oblast. No further information was released on the number or types of missiles used or the effects of the strike. It is possible that GBUs, rather than CMs, were employed.

12.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Izmail districts, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Civilian and port infrastructure; likely Port of Izmail
Impact: In the evening, Russian forces launched strike UAV attacks against port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast. A food storage facility on port territory (likely Port of Izmail) was damaged, and a fire broke out as a result of the strike. Air raid alerts in Odesa Oblast were declared five times over the course of the day on 12 March.

Cross-border incident:
Romania. In Romania, air raid alerts sounded twice in settlements around the Danube Delta. Radar systems of the Romanian Ministry of National Defence detected aerial targets north of Tulcea County, in the Kilia Veche–Vylkove area. The military scrambled fighter jets twice: around 11:00 A.M., F-16 Fighting Falcons, and around midday, two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the German Air Force. There was concern that UAV debris might fall on Romanian territory in the Kilia Veche area.

15.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district, Chornomorsk
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Civilian and port infrastructure
Impact: Between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m., Russian forces launched a UAV attack on the city of Chornomorsk. A kindergarten was hit, with approximately 25 windows blown out. The blast also damaged gazebos on the grounds and shattered windows in nearby residential buildings. In addition, a drinking-water standpipe was temporarily taken out of service following a pipeline strike.

17.03.2026
Region attacked: Izmail, Izmail district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types, at least 6 destroyed)
Target: Energy and port infrastructure; Danube port, likely Port of Izmail
Impact: A night-time attack in southern Odesa Oblast struck energy, industrial, and port infrastructure. Russian forces launched a mass UAV assault on Izmail, targeting energy and port facilities. The attack lasted from approximately 1:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m., with at least 17 explosions heard across the city.
In Izmail, multi-storey and low-rise residential buildings, vehicles, the grounds and equipment of several enterprises, and the administrative building of a municipal company were affected. One of the Danube ports also came under attack, with multiple impacts recorded. Surface structures and utility buildings were hit, and a fire that broke out was later extinguished by emergency services. (Danube sea ports are Ukrainian sea ports in Odesa Oblast located on the Danube River that handle cargo transshipment and navigation. They include the Ports of Izmail, Reni, and Ust-Dunaisk.)
Following the overnight strikes on energy infrastructure, nearly 7,000 DTEK customers in Izmail district lost electricity. In some localities, critical infrastructure was switched to backup power because of the outages.
One of the strike UAVs heading toward Izmail began to descend, became entangled in power lines, and crashed into the garden of a private home in the city of Kiliia. The resulting blast wave affected eight houses, three of them severely.

Cross-border incidents:
Romania. Romanian fighter aircraft were scrambled twice—from Fetesti Air Base at night and again in the evening—in response to the UAV threat. Following the nighttime incident, debris from an aerial vehicle was discovered on Romanian territory near the settlement of Plauru, across the Danube from Izmail. Air raid alerts were issued on both occasions for residents of northern Tulcea County.
Moldova. Also on 17 March, debris from an unidentified UAV (black in color, with contours resembling a Shahed-type drone) was found in a field near the village of Tudora in southern Moldova, approximately 2 km from the Ukrainian border. The Border Police stated that the UAV was in an "active state" and, according to a preliminary assessment, might contain an explosive device. It was destroyed in a controlled detonation later that evening. Authorities did not specify during which attack the drone may have entered Moldovan airspace.

18.03.2026
Region attacked: Berezivka district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Critical infrastructure
Impact: Between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m., Russian forces launched a mass UAV attack on Odesa Oblast. At around 2:00 a.m., at least six explosions were heard in Berezivka district in the northeastern part of the oblast. A critical infrastructure facility and part of its equipment were hit, triggering a fire.

Cross-border incident:
Moldova. The General Inspectorate of the Border Police of Moldova reported that during the night of 18 March, a Shahed-type UAV was observed near the Palanca border crossing. Although border guards visually identified the drone, military radar systems failed to detect it. According to the Border Police, the UAV entered Moldovan airspace twice. At 1:46 a.m., border patrol officers spotted it crossing the border toward Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Between 2:14 a.m. and 2:25 a.m., the same UAV reappeared over the Palanca checkpoint area before leaving Moldovan airspace. The National Army's Air Operations Service stated that the drone was not detectable by radar and could only be confirmed through visual observation from the ground. Ukrainian air defense later destroyed the UAV over the estuary, outside Moldovan territory. No ground incidents or infrastructure impacts were recorded in Moldova.

19.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Residential areas and critical infrastructure
Impact: A nighttime mass UAV attack struck three districts of Odesa—Primorskyi, Kyivskyi, and Khadzhybeyskyi—affecting two multi-storey apartment buildings, private homes, and a residential building in the historic city center. In Primorskyi district, 12 residential buildings were hit, and two injured civilians were hospitalized. In Kyivskyi district, a 22-storey apartment building and a university dormitory were struck, with approximately 180 windows shattered. In Khadzhybeyskyi district, a two-storey residential building was partially destroyed. More than 20 vehicles were damaged, while the grounds of a municipal enterprise were also hit, affecting part of its equipment and 11 additional vehicles. Four civilians—two women and two men—were injured in the attack.

20.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Industrial and port infrastructure; likely Port of Chornomorsk. Two civilian vessels
Impact: A night-time UAV attack struck port and industrial infrastructure in Odesa district. Two civilian bulk carriers flying the flags of Palau and Barbados were also hit. They were likely the vessels berthed in port at the time of the attack: Princess Fayzah (IMO 9260859, Barbados flag) and AT-27 (IMO 9136539, Palau flag). Both were loaded with grain and remained afloat after the strike.
The attack also affected port administrative buildings, a grain silo, and equipment on port premises. Fires ignited by the strike were quickly extinguished by emergency services. Two civilian men, aged 36 and 37, were injured and hospitalized.

22.03.2026
Region attacked: Southern districts, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Civilian and agricultural infrastructure
Impact: At around 2:00 p.m., Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on southern Odesa Oblast. The strike heavily affected civilian infrastructure, including the grounds of a farming enterprise and grain storage hangars. Air raid alerts were issued in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Bolhrad, and Izmail districts.

22.03.2026
Region attacked: city of Chornomorsk, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types, 64 destroyed)
Target: Civilian, critical, and port infrastructure, likely Port of Chornomorsk
Impact: At around 11:46 p.m., explosions were heard in Odesa, followed by additional blasts at approximately 1:47 a.m., shortly after the Air Force warned of UAVs heading toward Chornomorsk. On the outskirts of Odesa, the attack struck private homes and port infrastructure. Drone debris damaged the roofs and shattered the windows of two houses, while a warehouse on port premises (port name not specified) was also hit.

23.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district and Bolhrad district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: at least 2 Iskander-M BMs, strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Transport and energy infrastructure
Impact: In the evening, Russian forces launched ballistic missiles and strike UAVs against transport and energy infrastructure in Odesa Oblast, leaving more than 112,000 residents without electricity. The outages affected Odesa's Peresyp district. In one private home, windows and doors were blown out, while a commercial property and a bus stop occupied at the time were also hit. Two civilians—a 51-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman—were injured and hospitalized. In addition, a UAV strike on the city of Artsyz (Bolhrad district) affected transport infrastructure in the area.

Cross-border incident:
Moldova. At 11:00 p.m., Moldova's Ministry of Energy announced that the Isaccea–Vulcănești power transmission line—the country's main route for electricity imports from Romania—had been taken offline following recent attacks on energy infrastructure in southern Ukraine. Damage to the line was identified, and repairs were expected to require specialized technical work and coordination among the relevant system operators. As of the morning of 24 March, the state enterprise Moldelectrica urged the public to conserve electricity.

24.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa and Chornomorsk, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: missiles, likely at least 2 Iskander BMs
Target: likely critical and port infrastructure
Impact: At around 2:00 p.m., the Air Force reported a missile attack on Odesa and Chornomorsk. No details were released regarding the types of missiles used or the impact.

24.03.2026
Region attacked: Vylkove, Izmail district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Residential area
Impact: In the evening, Russian forces launched strike UAVs against residential areas in the town of Vylkove, Izmail district. One private house was completely destroyed, killing an 87-year-old woman and seriously injuring her 58-year-old daughter. Six nearby homes were also damaged.

26.03.2026
Region attacked: Izmail district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed-136/131 and other types)
Target: Energy and port infrastructure, Port of Izmail
Impact: Overnight, Russian forces launched a mass UAV attack on port and energy infrastructure in Izmail district, with impacts reported in both Izmail and the Vylkove community. At least six explosions were heard in Izmail at around 1:00 a.m. The strike affected port facilities, civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, vehicles, and the administrative buildings of a municipal enterprise. Izmail City Central Hospital was also hit: on the third floor of the surgical ward, a window was pierced by fragments, and the roof above the emergency department entrance was damaged.
In one part of Izmail, a gas pipeline was hit, causing a leak. The municipal enterprise Zhilservis was affected for the second time in a month: windows and doors on two floors of its building were blown out, and suspended ceilings collapsed or were damaged (the previous strike occurred on 17 March).
Four DTEK energy facilities across the oblast were hit, leaving more than 65,000 households in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Bolhrad, and Izmail districts without electricity. In Izmail, two transformers were damaged, resulting in oil leaks. In the village of Prymorske (Vylkove community), a 110-kV transformer caught fire over an area of approximately 20 square meters, temporarily disrupting the town's water supply.
The attack also affected the Port of Izmail. An empty warehouse was hit, setting its roof structure ablaze. A grain loading area, an empty cargo vehicle, berths, and several administrative buildings—including the marine terminal building—were also damaged. Additional impacts were recorded on the premises of individual port operators. A 26-year-old man was injured and hospitalized.

Cross-border incident:
Romania. During the night, a Russian UAV crashed on Romanian territory after attempting to strike Izmail district near the river border. Two F-16 fighter aircraft were scrambled to monitor the situation. According to the Romanian Ministry of Defence, at around 1:00 a.m., a drone downed by Ukrainian air defense entered Romanian airspace for approximately 4 km before crashing about 2 km from the town of Parcesti (Tulcea County), outside populated areas. Fire and civil protection teams, together with Ministry of Defence personnel, later found scorched vegetation and UAV debris at the crash site.

26.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa, Odesa district
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed136/131 and other types, at least 60)
Target: Civilian and critical infrastructure
Impact: Overnight, Russian forces carried out a mass strike with attack drones on civilian infrastructure in Odesa, with at least eight explosions recorded between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. Damage was reported in the Primorskyi, Khadzhybeyskyi, and Kyivskyi districts of the city. In total, 511 apartments were damaged, more than 1,056 apartment windows were shattered, and 220 windows in common areas were blown out.
In Primorskyi district, Maternity Hospital No. 5 sustained a direct hit to the roof. At the time of the strike, 33 patients were present, including 22 women in postnatal care and 19 newborns, all of whom were evacuated in time. The maternity hospital temporarily suspended admissions. Other medical facilities located nearby were also affected: at the consultative and diagnostic center and its day hospital branch, as well as the children’s polyclinic and family practice clinic, blast waves destroyed more than 60 windows and damaged interior doors, though these facilities continued to provide medical care. Three educational outlet, including two preschools, were damaged. Residential buildings and critical infrastructure were also hit, including two five-storey apartment buildings, one ten-storey building, twelve private houses, and ten vehicles.
In Khadzhybeyskyi district, fires broke out in apartments and on the roof of a five-storey residential building. In Kyivskyi district, nonresidential buildings were damaged, and windows were blown out in nearby residential houses. A drone struck the building of Suspilne Odesa (the public broadcaster), which was rendered beyond repair; neighboring buildings also sustained significant damage.
Overall, damage was recorded at the following educational institutions: Odesa Preschool Education Institution No. 154, Odesa Preschool Education Institution No. 300, Odesa Lyceum No. 56, Odesa Preschool Education Institution No. 117, South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky, National University “Odesa Law Academy,” and the IHU college. Three people were killed in the attack — a woman and a man at the moment of impact, and another man who later died in hospital from his wounds. Sixteen civilians — men and women, including a 9 year old boy — were injured; all were hospitalized.

28.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed136/131 and other types; at least 20)
Target: Port infrastructure, one of the ports of Greater Odesa (likely Port of Chornomorsk)
Impact: At around 9:00 a.m., Russian forces struck infrastructure at one of the ports of Greater Odesa. Multiple impacts were recorded on the premises of a company and an adjacent terminal. The strike damaged sections of the berth, a grain gallery—a conveyor system used to transport grain from elevators to vessels—and one of the technical storage tanks.

29.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed136/131 and other types)
Target: Civilian and energy infrastructure
Impact: The overnight attack damaged an energy facility and a private home, disrupting power supplies in several settlements across the region. In Odesa district, two garages caught fire. The blaze destroyed a passenger car, while the blast wave shattered windows in administrative buildings. One of the drones struck a private home, partially destroying its façade. The grounds of a summer house cooperative were also affected. Additional drones targeted civilian and critical infrastructure in the southern part of the oblast (air raid alerts were issued in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district), but were intercepted over the Black Sea.

29.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa district, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 IskanderM BM launched from TOT Crimea
Target: Civilian and energy infrastructure.
Impact: At around 10:00 p.m., Russian forces launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea toward Odesa Oblast. No information was released about the impact location or the effects of the strike.

31.03.2026
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: strike UAVs (Shahed136/131 and other types)
Target: Civilian infrastructure, residential sector
Impact: In the morning, Russian forces launched a strike UAV attack on civilian infrastructure in Odesa. One UAV struck the balcony of an apartment on the third floor of a nine-storey residential building in Kyivskyi district, shattering windows and damaging the façade and balconies on three floors. A 50-year-old man was injured.

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For reference: Between January–December 2024, the BSN Monitoring Group recorded at least 140 Russian missile and UAV attacks on port, energy, and other infrastructure in Odesa Oblast, where the maritime corridor operates. During this period, the Ukrainian Navy destroyed at least 12 naval mines in the Black Sea, with at least 6 of them located in Odesa Oblast.

In 2024, Russian attacks damaged seven civilian vessels involved in the operation of Ukraine’s grain corridor:

1. 10.07.2024. ARTEY. IMO: 8879251. Flag: Cameroon. DWT 3584 t. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build 1970. Registered owner: OVEN LTD C/O: World Line Ltd Office 17, ul Patona 17, Kherson, 73000, Ukraine. Ship manager/Commercial manager: WORLD LINE LTD Office 17, ul Patona 17, Kherson, 73000, Ukraine.
The vessel was damaged by missile fragments at the Port of Chornomorsk. Two people were killed—a security guard and a truck driver. A deckhand aboard the vessel was injured.

2. 11.09.2024. AYA. IMO: 9117868. Flag: St. Kitts and Nevis. DWT 27239 t. Type of ship: Bulk Carrier. Year of build 1997. Registered owner: AYA MARITIME CO SA C/O: VRS Maritime Services Ltd 5-7, Agiou Nikolaou Street, 185 37, Piraeus, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager: VRS MARITIME SERVICES LTD 5-7, Agiou Nikolaou Street, 185 37, Piraeus, Greece.
An air-launched anti-ship cruise missile Kh-22 fired from a Tu-22 bomber struck the bulk carrier transporting wheat from the Port of Chornomorsk to Egypt. The missile hit the vessel near Romania’s Port of Năvodari within Romania’s exclusive economic zone but outside its territorial waters. The ship sustained damage. The bulk carrier was likely not a target but was hit due to errors by the bomber crew during missile targeting or the use of outdated ammunition. The missile’s failure to detonate prevented a potentially catastrophic outcome.

3. 20.09.2024. GOLDEN LION. IMO: 9363974. Flag: Antigua and Barbuda. DWT 6315 t. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build 2006. Ship manager/Commercial manager: ASTRAMAR TRANSPORT LTD Katrinas dambis 14, LV-1045, Riga, Latvia. Registered owner: LION NAVIGATION LTD C/O: Astramar Transport Ltd (SIA 'Astramar Transport') Katrinas dambis 14, LV-1045, Riga, Latvia.
The vessel was damaged during a ballistic missile Iskander-M strike on Odesa Sea Port. Port workers were injured in the attack; no crew members were harmed.

4. 06.10.2024. PARESA. IMO: 9008134. Flag: St. Kitts and Nevis. DWT 6912 t. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build 1992. Ship manager/Commercial manager: PARESA SHIPPING CO Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands. Registered owner PARESA SHIPPING CO Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands. ISM Manager: AK GROUP CO LTD 3rd Floor, 35-39, Akti Miaouli, 185 35, Piraeus, Greece.
The vessel was struck by a Russian ballistic missile Iskander-M near cargo hold No.2 at Pivdennyi Sea Port during grain loading operations. No crew members were injured. The owner refuted Russia’s claims that the vessel was transporting ammunition to Ukraine and thus constituted a legitimate military target.

5. 07.10.2024, 14.10.2024. OPTIMA. IMO: 9528691. Flag: Palau. DWT 5834 t. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build 2008. Ship manager/Commercial manager: USTA SHIPPING CO 1st Floor, 11, Agiou Spyridonos Street, Piraeus, Greece. Registered owner: USTA SHIPPING CO 1st Floor, 11, Agiou Spyridonos Street, Piraeus, Greece.
During a missile attack on October 7, a port worker (longshoreman) was killed and five crew members were injured.

6. 09.10.2024. SHUI SPIRIT. IMO: 9216729. Flag: Panama. DWT 21614 t. Type of ship: Container Ship. Year of build 2000. Ship manager/Commercial manager: NORTADA SHIPMANAGEMENT LDA Rua dos Murcas 15, 9000-058, Funchal Portugal. Registered owner ROSEWINT INC C/O: Nortada Shipmanagement Lda Rua dos Murcas 15, 9000-058, Funchal Portugal.
The vessel sustained damage at the Port of Chornomorsk during an attack on October 9; no crew members were injured. Eight people in the city and port were killed and eleven others injured—all Ukrainian citizens—four of whom were in critical condition. The missile targeted port infrastructure.

7. 14.10.2024. NS MOON. IMO: 8919855. Flag: Belize. DWT 2717 t. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build 1990. Registered owner: MOON SHIPHOLDING LTD C/O: Cargo Shipping SP Z OO ul Mala Odrzanska 19, 70-535, Szczecin, Poland. Ship manager/Commercial manager: CARGO SHIPPING SP Z OO ul Mala Odrzanska 19, 70-535, Szczecin, Poland.
The vessel sustained damage at Odesa Sea Port during an attack on October 14; no crew members were injured.

In 2025, Russian attacks have damaged 39 civilian vessels involved in the operation of the Ukraine’s grain corridor, namely:

1. 01.03.2025. Turkish bulk carrier SUPER SARKAS, IMO: 9221633. Flag: Sierra Leone. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 328495 tons. Type of ship: Bulk Carrier. Year of build: 2002. Registered owner: THOR SHIPPING & TRADING LTD Daire 20, Kat 5, Apartmani Blok10 Aydinli Yolu Caddesi Icmeler Mah, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey.
The vessel was damaged from an Iskander-M BM on the Port of Odesa.

2. 01.03.2025. Container ship MSC LEVANTE F, IMO: 9330264. Flag: Panama. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 13634 tons. Type of ship: Container ship. Year of build: 2006. Registered owner: LEVANTE OCEANWAY LTD C/O: MSC Shipmanagement Ltd MSC House, 8, Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue, 3070, Limassol, Cyprus. since 21/10/2021. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. MMSI 352898711. Ship manager/commercial manager: MSC SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD MSC House, 8, Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue, 3070, Limassol, Cyprus. since 21/10/2021.
The vessel was damaged by an Iskander-M BM in the Port of Odesa.

3. 11.03.2025. Greek bulk carrier MJ PINAR, IMO: 9406052. Flag: Barbados. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 30465 tons. Type of ship: Bulk Carrier. Year of build: 2009. The vessel was damaged by an Iskander-M BM in the Port of Odesa. Four crew members were killed, and another was injured.

4. 23.05.25 – an Iskander-M damaged a container ship in the Port of Odesa (publicly available information has not been verified, name undisclosed).

5. 03.07.25 – bulker AJ ROSE (IMO 9217785, flagged St. Kitts and Nevis) damaged by Iskander-M BM at Port of Odesa (previously reported as unidentified vessel under São Tomé and Príncipe flag). Two crew members killed.

6. 06.07.25 – vessel Marika (likely grain carrier). Strike location, extent of damage and other information unknown.

7. 06.07.25 – dry cargo ship Zeibek (IMO 8213732, Moldova flag). Strike location, extent of damage and other information unknown.

8. 08.07.25 - bulker Amadore (IMO 8520824, Malta flag). Strike location, extent of damage and other information unknown.

9. 23.07.25 - an explosion (likely a mine) at the Bystre mouth of the Danube River damaged the civil dredger Inhulskyi of the SE Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority, killing three crew members.

10. 08.08.25 – bulker Moayad Y (IMO 9135482, Comoros flag), deadweight nearly 24,000 tons. Strike location, extent of damage and other information unknown.

11. 20.08.25 – chemical/product tanker Excellion (IMO 9428437, Panama flag) seriously damaged by blast wave and subsequent fire from strike UAV attack on oil terminal at Port of Izmail.

12. 31.08.25 – Ukrainian naval ship Simferopol attacked at Danube estuary pier, one sailor killed and several wounded.

13. 31.08.25 - dry cargo ship NS Pride (IMO 8815293, Belize flag) damaged by detonation on unknown munition while exiting Port of Chornomorsk.

14. 31.08.2025 - ferry Heroyi Shypky (IMO 7605770, Ukraine flag) damaged, likely at Port of Chornomorsk. Extent of damage unknown.

15. 12.10.25 - cargo vessel Eileen (IMO 9070503) – sustained a hull breach and sank in the Black Sea, 140 nautical miles east of the Bulgarian city of Varna.

16. 18–19.10.25 - In Port of Izmail, a barge was damaged (name and other details not established).

17. 18–19.10.25 - In Port of Izmail, a pontoon vessel was damaged (name and other details not established). 

18-19. 22.10.25 – a barge damaged at Port of Izmail. Name and extent of damage unknown. A pontoon vessel damaged at Port of Izmail. Name and extent of damage unknown.

20. 17.11.25 – Tanker-gas carrier ORINDA (IMO 9240122, Turkish flag, operator BMA Denizcilik) damaged in Port of Izmail by UAV attack. Gas pumping equipment caught fire.

21. 17.11.25 – unidentified vessel damaged by UAV attack at Port of Izmail (likely Palauflagged tanker, name and details not established).

22. 17.11.25 – tanker under Ukrainian flag damaged by attack at Port of Izmail. Fire broke out and was extinguished by the crew.

23-26. 17.11.25 – Ukrainian-flagged tanker damaged at Port of Izmail by attack. Fire broke out, crew extinguished it themselves. Three empty barges owned by Port of Izmail and Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration damaged.

27-28. 17.11.25 – two pontoons damaged at Port of Izmail.

29. 17.11.25 – former Russian vessel under ARMA (Asset Recovery and Management Agency) arrest damaged. Name and details not established. ARMA currently manages 16 vessels, at least 9 at Port of Izmail.

30. 24.11.25 – at Port of Izmail, fire broke out on a non-operational vessel due to UAV attack, quickly extinguished by rescuers (vessel name and details unconfirmed).

31. 12.12.25 – roro cargo-passenger ferry M/V CENK T of Turkish company Cenk Shipping RoRo (IMO 7528635, Panama flag) damaged by a BM in Port of Chornomorsk.

32. 13.12.25 – Turkish civilian tanker VIVA (IMO 9156539, Tuvalu flag) attacked by Russian UAV (likely Geran2) in the Black Sea within Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone.

33. 22.12.25 – bulk carrier, likely YOUSSEF BEY (IMO 9124029, Lebanon flag), carrying Ukrainian soybeans, attacked by strike UAV in the evening, likely in Port of Odesa.

34. 23.12.25 – bulker ANKA (IMO 9365415, Tanzania flag, formerly Victoria), arrested vessel linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet” used for illegal grain exports from temporarily occupied Crimea, damaged in Port of Reni during likely Geran2 UAV attack.

35. 26.12.25 – barge (likely Slovak-flagged) damaged in combined BM and UAV strike, likely in Port of Izmail.

36. 26.12.25 – civilian vessel under Slovak flag (name and details not established) damaged in combined BM and UAV strike, likely in Port of Izmail.

37. 26.12.25 – civilian vessel under Palau flag (likely bulker Floki, IMO 8503096, Palau flag) damaged in combined BM and UAV strike, likely in Port of Izmail.

38. 30.12.25 – bulker Captain Karam (IMO 9303039, Panama flag) damaged during a combined BM and UAV strike while entering Port of Chornomorsk.

39. 30.12.25 – bulker Emmakris III (IMO 9218387, Panama flag), arrested vessel linked to illegal grain exports from temporarily occupied Crimea and located in Port of Chornomorsk, damaged in BM and UAV strike.

Since the beginning of 2026, 5 civilian vessels have been damaged as a result of Russian attacks:

1. 09.01.26 – bulk carrier WAEL K (IMO 9001148, flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis). The second officer, a citizen of Syria, was injured. Attacked by a UAV of the Shahed-136/131 type. Hit at the Chornomorsk International Port;

2. 09.01.26 – dry cargo ship LADONNA (IMO 9107033, flag of the Comoros Islands). A crew member, a citizen of Syria, was killed as a result of the shelling. Attacked by a UAV of the Shahed-136/131 type. Odessa International Port.

3. 12.01.26 – tanker ATA VOYAGER (IMO 9408360, Panamanian flag). One sailor was seriously injured. Attack by a “Shahed-136/131” UAV. MTP “Chornomorsk”;

4. 12.01.26 – bulk carrier BLUE BEAD (IMO 9171113, San Marino flag). Attack by a “Shahed-136/131” UAV. MTP “Chornomorsk”;

5. 15.01.26 – a civilian vessel under the flag of Malta (name of the vessel and nature of the damage not established). BR “Iskander-M” hit a berth near the vessel. MTP “Chornomorsk”.

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The UN Grain Corridor operated from August 1, 2022, to July 17, 2023, when the agreement terminated due to Russia's withdrawal. The Ukrainian export corridor, that doesn’t include Russia or the UN, started operating on August 1, 2023, and continues today. The corridor passes through three ports of Odesa Oblast — Odesa Sea Port, Pivdennyi Sea Port and the Port of Chornomorsk — and the territorial waters of Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Romania.

Further details can be found at Ukrainian Black Sea Corridor as Russia's Key Military Target.

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