Russian drone strike on Kyiv high-rise kills two and injures four
"In the Desnianskyi district, an enemy attack caused a fire on the 10th floor of a 12-story residential building," Klychko wrote.
According to the mayor, emergency services were immediately dispatched to the scene.
Later, the Kyiv City Military Administration clarified that falling debris sparked the fire in the building.
Meanwhile, the SES reported that a Russian drone directly struck the 12-story residential building at the 10th-floor level. The fire spread to the upper floors, and structural elements partially collapsed.
On the morning of October 8, rescuers confirmed that two people died in the attack. Rescuers found their bodies in one of the damaged apartments.
Photo source: SES
"Firefighters found the bodies of two deceased people in one of the damaged apartments," the SES informed.
At the same time, during the emergency response, rescuers saved 22 people, including eight children. Emergency responders handed over another four injured people, including two children, to medical personnel.
The fire covered an area of 100 square meters. Rescuers extinguished the blaze and continued to clarify information regarding the victims.
"Firefighters extinguished the fire over an area of 100 square meters. Information on victims is being clarified," the SES added.
In addition, SES psychologists provided support to 12 residents of the damaged building.
As Rubryka reported, Russian troops launched an attack on Kyiv on the evening of October 7. In the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, eight people suffered injuries, and emergency services hospitalized two of them.
Later, the SES informed that Russian shelling killed one person and injured four others. In the Obolonskyi district, a car parked in the courtyard of a residential building caught fire due to an attack. Rescuers put out the fire and found the body of a deceased woman a few meters from the vehicle.
Furthermore, following the Russian attack on the evening of October 7, emergency power outages were implemented across Kyiv and the Kyiv region. Because power was cut to several water pumping stations on the right bank of the capital, the water supply was disrupted.
Background
It should be noted that on the night of October 7, Russian forces attacked Kyiv, Kremenchuk in the Poltava region, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Pryluky in the Chernihiv region, and Oleksandriia in the Kirovohrad region. In the capital, the strike killed two people, while emergency workers saved two others during a fire in the Darnytskyi district.
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