THREE people were killed early today in a fire sparked by falling debris from shot-down drones in the region of Odesa in southern Ukraine, regional officials said.

“At night, the enemy attacked Odesa Region with attack drones,” regional authorities said in a statement social media, referring to Russian forces.

Ukraine’s air defence forces destroyed all the unmanned aerial vehicles but their falling debris hit a high-rise residential building, sparking a fire, the statement said.

“Unfortunately, there are victims among the civilian population,” officials said, adding that three people were killed and another 26, including three children, were wounded. 

Separately, Ukraine’s southern command said the fire was put out but the blast wave damaged several apartment buildings nearby. – AFP,  June 10, 2023.