The Ukrainian Defence Forces shot down 11 Kalibr missiles and 19 Shahed drones launched by the Russians on the night of 24-25 September, the Odesa marine terminal building was damaged by a strike, and a fire was extinguished in the terminal hotel building.
Odesa Oblast suffered a missile attack on the night of 22-23 September as Russian forces launched anti-ship Oniks missiles. Source: Nataliia Humeniuk, head of the press centre for Operational Command Pivden (South), on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast; Suspilne news outlet Quote: "Two missiles hit a recreational area in Odesa Oblast, but it is an open area.
Russian border patrol vessels have outnumbered Russia's Black Sea Fleet naval vessels in the Black Sea for more than a month now. Source: Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during a broadcast for the Freedom.
Military personnel of the Armed Forces have kept a log of landmine inspections on the Crimean Isthmus, and the last inspections took place on 15 February 2022, nine days before the full-scale Russian invasion began.
At the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there were about 1,500 military personnel to defend the country's south, mostly in Kherson Oblast, while the Russians had up to 20,000 people and a 20-fold advantage in equipment.