BREAKING: Russia Attacks Odesa With Multiple Explosions

Update at 2:15am: More explosions  reported in Odesa.

Update at 12:05am: More explosions reported in Odesa.

Update at 12:03am: More explosions reported in Mykolaiv.

Update at 11:55pm: Explosions reported in Zaporizhzhia.

Update at 10:20pm: Explosions reported in Mykolaiv.

Update at 10:09pm: Russians dropped an air bomb on a school in Bilohorodka, Luhansk region, the Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Haidai, reports.

According to him, there were about 90 people in the school, and about 30 citizens were rescued from the rubble. This building was the last refuge of people in the settlement.

Update at 9:53pm:  In the temporarily occupied Kherson region, forest fires are raging - the Russians forbid putting them out, according to the head of the Chulakivka community, Oleksandr Musiienko.

According to him, the fire is spreading near the villages of Heroiske and Ivanivka.

Update at 6:32pm: During today's evacuation of civilians from 'Azovstal', 3 Ukrainian defenders were killed by Russian shelling, 6 more were injured, – the command of the Azov regiment reported in a commentary to 'Ukrainska Pravda' edition.

Update at 6:07pm: On the territory of the entire Zaporizhzhia region, an extended curfew is introduced - from 19:00 on May 8 to 05:00 on May 10.

This applies even to the temporarily occupied territories of the region, according to Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov.

Update at 5:57pm: Odesa was attacked by the Russian strategic aircraft. Four Russian missiles hit a private furniture company, and two more struck the runway and the flight control of the airport.

Update at 5:48pm: Four explosions thundered today in the Voznesenskyi district of the Mykolaiv region, – the city authorities of Voznesensk report.

There is no information about possible casualties and destructions yet.

Russian planes that fired the Sumy region today also opened fire on the territory of the Russian Federation, – the State Border Service of Ukraine specifies.

Update at 5:27pm: The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed that a Russian landing boat and two Tor anti-aircraft missile systems were hit by a Bayraktar drone near Zmiinyi ('Snake') Island.

Update at 5:09pm: Russia's defense ministry says it has destroyed a large stockpile of military equipment from the United States and European countries near the Bohodukhiv railway station in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.

We will update if Russia's statement is true.

Update at 5pm:  Sandu sees no military threat to Moldova amid explosions in Transnistria.

“Moldova is not threatened now,” Moldovan President Maia Sandu said during a meeting with the Lithuanian president.

She added that the Moldovan authorities continue to monitor the situation closely and are doing everything possible to prevent destabilization. Several explosions were reported on May 7 in the Russia-occupied region of Transnistria, bordering Ukraine.

Update at 4:53pm: Local authorities of Russia’s proxy region in Moldova claimed that the explosions occurred on May 6. According to Ukraine’s intelligence, Russia was behind the false-flag operations in Transnistria in the past weeks.

Update at 3:45pm: Several missiles hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Saturday, the regional administration's spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk said.

He said the strikes hit the city after targets in the surrounding Odesa region had been hit by four missiles earlier that day.

BREAKING: Odesa, Ukraine - We're learning Russia attacked Odesa today with multiple explosions, black smoke seen in several area.

Unknown what has been hit, shot down, injuries.

Stay with us for the latest.