9 injured after a drone attack over Odessa, Zelensky discussed with Biden the delivery of American missiles

Odessa and Odesa Oblast were attacked by drones last night. The blast sirens were activated at 01:33.

After the attack in the early hours against the Black Sea city, 9 people, including 2 children, were injured, the chairman of the Odesa regional military administration, Oleg Kiper, reported, quoted by BTA.

The rescuers managed to save a total of 34 people, added Oleg Kiper. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.

According to the information of the regional governor, debris from a destroyed drone damaged residential buildings, a fire broke out at the place where the debris fell.

All competent services are working on the ground and providing assistance to the victims. At least 14 apartments were damaged, informed the mayor of the city of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov.

There are over 150,000 people in the Odesa region – in third place in terms of numbers, according to the official census in Ukraine in 2001. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odesa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorodnist regions.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with his American colleague Joe Biden and announced that The US and Ukraine have “started working on a bilateral security agreement”reported France Press.

“Our teams – of Ukraine and the United States – have started working on a bilateral security agreement,” Zelensky said in his daily video address, also assuring that Kiev and Washington had made progress on the issue of supplying US long-range missiles ATACMS.

In recent months, Ukraine has signed security agreements with several European countries, including France, Britain and Finland.

These agreements essentially represent commitments by these countries to continue providing long-term military and financial support to Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, AFP and BTA said.

On Saturday, the US House of Representatives approved a new $61 billion aid package for Ukraine that had been blocked for months by political wrangling in Washington.

Biden promised Volodymyr Zelensky today that he would send that aid “quickly.” after the US Congress finally passes it to meet the “urgent needs” of Ukraine.

“I am grateful to the president, his team and all members of the US Congress,” Zelensky said in his video address, after earlier thanking Biden in a phone call for his “unreserved support” for Ukraine.