KYIV, Ukraine -- A drone struck a Turkish-flagged tanker and set it ablaze on Monday in southern Ukraine’s Odesa region, officials said, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a deal to import U.S. liquefied natural gas through the area.

The MT Orinda tanker was struck at Izmail port in Ukraine's Odesa region Monday, with all 16 crew members evacuated as flames engulfed the vessel across from Romania.

Explosions shook multiple cities across Oblast overnight. One person was injured. Read also: Russia strikes energy and port infrastructure in Odesa; fires break out State Emergency Service wrote the strikes caused fires at energy facilities and in the port area.

Russian drones struck a solar installation in Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast on Nov. 15, damaging the plant and forcing critical services onto backup power, according to the regional administration.

Russia fired a large-scale barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine early Friday, damaging apartment buildings in Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv. It comes as Russia has been making incremental gains on the ground in recent weeks,

Russia launched a devastating drone attack against Ukraine on Friday while Ukraine debuted use of a long-range cruise missile against Russia.

Russian aerial strikes on Monday killed five people and destroyed a kindergarten in eastern Ukraine, authorities said.

KYIV, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Russia launched a heavy drone and missile attack on Ukraine early on Friday, killing six people in Kyiv and two more in the south in strikes on energy facilities, apartment buildings and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.

A village near the border with Ukraine was evacuated after fears of an explosion following a Russian drone strike.

Air Force claims 91 out of 128 various types of drones launched by Russia shot down overnight, adding 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles also launched - Anadolu Ajansı

Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the sound of explosions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky.