Russian Drone Strike Kills One, Destroys Grain Trucks in Odesa Region

A Russian drone attack on the Izmail district in the southern Odesa region early Saturday morning, Aug. 29, killed one person and injured three others, local authorities reported. Odesa Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Kiper stated that the strike damaged local transport infrastructure and triggered fires. The attack also severely impacted agricultural logistics, destroying five trucks loaded with grain and damaging three others.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The Izmail District State Administration confirmed that the resulting fires have been extinguished, and law enforcement and medical personnel are currently working at the scene to manage the aftermath. Previous attacks across the Kyiv region The strike on Odesa follows a sustained wave of Russian drone attacks across the Kyiv region on Friday, Aug. 28, which killed one person and injured at least nine others across multiple districts. The most recent casualties in the region occurred late Friday evening when a drone struck an enterprise in the village of Myla in the Bucha district. According to Kyiv Regional Governor Tymur Tkachenko, the strike injured six people and forced the evacuation of 165 residents as secondary explosions triggered a massive fire that spread to nearby private homes. Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the Myla incident to determine if explosive materials were legally stored at the enterprise. Earlier on Friday, a man was killed and another injured by shrapnel during a morning attack in the Bucha district, while casualties were also reported in the Fastiv and Boryspil districts. Other Topics of Interest Zelensky Says US Briefed Ukraine on CIA-Moscow Meetings Zelensky praised Washington’s “realistic” approach and said coordinated steps are needed to end Russia’s invasion. The Friday attacks caused extensive property damage across the region. Among the sites hit was a Nova Poshta sorting depot in Sviatopetrivske, which was destroyed by a Russian drone. Local officials noted that Russian forces struck the site twice more approximately an hour after the initial attack while emergency crews were fighting the fire. Rescuers were able to withdraw to a safer location before the subsequent strikes, and Nova Poshta confirmed all its employees survived. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 97% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.