Russia Launches Deadly Drone Attack on Kyiv, Causing Civilian Casualties and Damage
Russia conducted a second consecutive nighttime drone attack on Kyiv, resulting in three deaths, 29 injuries including children, and significant damage to residential buildings, with Ukrainian forces neutralizing 90 drones.
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Overview
- Russia launched a deadly drone attack on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, deploying over 100 drones in a second consecutive nighttime assault, targeting residential areas.
- The attack resulted in the deaths of three civilians, including a 19-year-old girl and her mother, and wounded 29 others, with seven children among the injured.
- Ukrainian air defense forces successfully neutralized 90 of the incoming Russian drones, mitigating further widespread destruction across the city.
- Drones caused fires in two residential buildings, a nine-storey and a 16-storey block in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district, necessitating emergency evacuations and rescue operations.
- Emergency crews responded to the damaged sites, evacuating civilians, extinguishing flames, and clearing rubble, while air raid alerts were active for about 1.5 hours.
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Ukrainian air defense forces downed 90 out of the 101 Russian attack drones launched overnight, significantly limiting the attack's impact, although five still managed to hit four locations and debris fell on five others[1].
The attack targeted the Desnianskyi district of Kyiv, with fires reported in a nine-storey and a 16-storey residential building, and emergency evacuations conducted in both.
Three people were killed, including a 19-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother, and at least 29 were injured—seven of them children, with some requiring hospitalization.
Emergency crews responded by evacuating civilians, extinguishing fires, and clearing rubble from damaged residential buildings, while providing medical assistance to the injured[3].
President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted the attacks as targeting civilians and infrastructure and renewed calls for Western air defense systems to better protect Ukrainian cities.
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