Russian Overnight Drone Attacks Kill 2 in Odesa, Hit Kindergarten in Sumy

Russian overnight drone attacks killed two people in the Odesa region, sparked fires in the Kharkiv region, and wounded residents in Sumy after strikes hit homes and civilian sites across three regions, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 11.

In the Odesa region, emergency crews reported damage to residential, civilian, industrial, energy, and transport infrastructure during what officials described as a mass attack. In the private sector, a house caught fire after a drone strike, and rescuers later found the bodies of two victims while another person was hospitalized.

In the Kharkiv region, a Russian drone struck an administrative building in the settlement of Velykyi Burluk in Kupiansk district overnight, causing a fire across about 60 square meters of damaged structures. No deaths or injuries were reported there.

In Sumy, Russian forces struck the residential sector twice. One strike tore through the roof of a multi-story building and started a fire, while a second hit another apartment building, igniting fires on the first and third floors.

Rescuers evacuated residents, freed an injured woman, and local authorities reported five preliminary injuries in the second strike, including a child, while five more people sought medical help for acute stress after the first one.

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The State Emergency Service reported that repeated air raid alerts complicated rescue efforts in Odesa, but all fires were extinguished. Psychologists were deployed at the impact sites to assist residents.

In Odesa alone, 134 rescuers and 28 pieces of equipment were involved in the response, with additional support from Ukraine’s Association of Volunteer Firefighters. Across Sumy, officials reported damage to 11 apartment buildings, a kindergarten, and around 10 cars.

The attack now also extends to civilian transport, as a Russian drone strike reportedly hit a passenger bus in the Kharkiv region. On March 13, a Russian drone, reportedly a Lancet UAV, struck a passenger bus near the village of Nova Oleksandrivka in the Velykoburlutska community of the Kharkiv region, killing one person and injuring four others.

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