On April 18, the military of the anti-aircraft missile unit of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Odessa region, said the representative of the Odessa regional military administration Serhiy Bratchuk.

“Today, in the Odessa region, servicemen of an anti-aircraft missile unit shot down a Russian operational-tactical drone that carried out aerial reconnaissance,” he said, citing data from the Yug air command..

It should be noted that the Odessa region was not attacked today, however, in the Kherson-Nikolaev direction, the enemy does not leave attempts to move its positions to the borders of the Kherson region, and in Mykolaiv region it delivers missile strikes.

The day before, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the situation on all strategic approaches to the Odessa region is completely under control, the Naval Forces, together with their brethren, are ready to repulse the forces and means of the Russian occupier.