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title: "Ukrainian authorities deny an evacuation call in the Odessa region"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/1124/ukrainian-authorities-deny-an-evacuation-call-in-the-odessa-region
published: 2022-12-11T08:12:40Z
language: en
author: "Carolina Străjescu"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
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# Ukrainian authorities deny an evacuation call in the Odessa region

> A spokesman for the Odessa authorities denied calls for an evacuation, saying that a Facebook post asking citizens to leave the area is being investigated as disinformation from the Russians, reports Unian.net.

A spokesman for the Odessa authorities denied calls for an evacuation, saying that a Facebook post asking citizens to leave the area is being investigated as disinformation from the Russians, reports [Unian.net]( https://www.unian.net/economics/energetics/blekaut-otmenyaetsya-v-odesskoy-ova-obyasnili-zayavlenie-ob-otklyuchenii-sveta-do-treh-mesyacev-novosti-odessy-12074310.html).

![iz.ru](https://storage.radiomoldova.md/images/68f1a7d6-f1b0-4c89-9277-155ff3a99bf7.jpg)

*Sursa: iz.ru*

Ukrainian authorities say Russian drone strikes have left 1.5 million people without electricity in the southern Odessa region. According to Ukraine, ten Iranian-made drones were shot down, but five managed to hit and cause significant damage.

President Zelenski warned that it could take days to restore electricity services.