Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

Two teenagers killed after Russian drone strikes apartment block in Kyiv

One killed, five injured as drone hits residential building in Kyiv
One killed, five injured as drone hits residential building in Kyiv Copyright  State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Copyright State Emergency Service of Ukraine
By Euronews
Published on Updated
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button
Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Copy to clipboard Copied

Two teenagers killed after Russian drone strikes apartment block in Kyiv

ADVERTISEMENT

A Russian drone strike killed a teenager in Kyiv during a night-time barrage on the Ukrainian capital that lasted for hours, officials said, while four people were reportedly killed in a missile attack on central Ukraine that also left at least 21 injured.

According to Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko, the drone slammed into a 25-story apartment block Friday night in the city's west, killing a 15-year-old girl and injuring five others. Ukraine's Emergency Service said 100 people were evacuated following the strike, which damaged several apartments on the building's upper floors.

Serhii Popko, who heads Kyiv's local military administration, said that Russian forces overnight pummeled the city for 7 1/2 hours. Air raid sirens wailed throughout the night, and Popko said that Ukrainian air defense shot down up to a dozen Russian drones.

Also late Friday, a Russian missile hit a residential area in the central city of Dnipro, killing a 14-year-old and three others, said regional Gov. Serhii Lysak, adding that at least 21 others were injured including an 8-year-old and teenagers. The wife and teenage daughter of a local policeman were pulled dead from the rubble, police reported. The attack damaged over a dozen apartment buildings, private houses and a medical facility.

A man and woman died after a Russian drone dropped explosives on a village in the southern Kherson region, local prosecutors said, while a 61-year-old woman was killed by shelling in the northeast.

In the Kyiv province, which surrounds but does not include the capital, flying debris from a drone attack killed a woman, Ukraine’s Emergency Service reported. A 13-year-old boy was wounded elsewhere in the region, it said.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Kyiv battles fires and damage after multiple drone blitzes

Russian strike on Kharkiv kills three, including 12-year-old

At least two killed and six injured in latest barrage of Russian strikes on Ukraine