Russian drone hits central Kyiv killing a child, injuring at least seven people, Ukrainian officials say
Officials said the strike damaged a 16-storey residential building and sparked fires in two districts as Russia pressed near constant drone attacks.
- On Friday, a Russian drone struck a 16-storey residential building in Kyiv's Pechersk district, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring at least seven others in Ukraine.
- Russia has launched near-constant barrages of high-flying drones in recent weeks that officials say are harder to intercept. The country denies deliberately targeting civilians during its invasion.
- Emergency services reported that separate overnight attacks caused fires in non-residential buildings in two city districts. One person was also injured in the capital, according to officials.
- Separately, Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper said one person was killed and another injured in a series of "massive" Russian strikes on a residential area and logistics premises.
- The Russian defence ministry said on Friday its forces carried out overnight drone strikes on Ukrainian defence industry facilities, logistics centres, and vessels. Russia maintains it does not target civilians.
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14-year-old boy killed, seven injured after drone hits residential building in Kyiv
A 14-year-old boy was killed and at least seven residents were injured after a Russian drone struck a residential building in Kyiv's Pechersky district, the Kyiv City Military Administration and the capital's police reported.
Russian drone hits central Kyiv killing a child, injuring at least seven people, Ukrainian officials say
Russian drone hit a high-rise building in central Kyiv on Friday morning, killing a child, while one person was killed in the southern region of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said.
<p>Kyiv and the region continue to be attacked by Russia - in the morning a drone hit a high-rise building in Pechersk In Kiev, drones hit residential and non-residential buildings, there is one casualty. In Kyiv region, 9 objects were damaged.</p>
In the Pechersk district of Kiev on the morning of Friday, September 25, a Russian jet drone struck a multi-storey residential building at the level of 7-10 floors, Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said. Subsequently, the Kiev City Military Administration noted that at the moment it is known about one victim as a result of the drone hitting the house. Complementary At night, the Russians also terrorized the city with strike drones. In Podolsk distric…
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