A fire burns in an apartment building that was hit during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 25, 2024. REUTERS
A view shows an apartment building damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 25, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTER
Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 25, 2024. REUTERS
An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 25, 2024. REUTERS
An explosion is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 25, 2024. REUTERS
Ukrainian service personnel use searchlights as they search for drones in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 25, 2024. REUTERS
A Russian drone struck a multi-story residential building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday evening, triggering a fire in the top floors and killing one person and injuring five, officials said.
Serhiy Popko, head of the capital’s military administration, said more than 100 residents were evacuated from the high-rise in Solomyanskyi district, just west of the city center.
Air defence units were in action during the hour-long air raid alert and two hours later a new alert was declared in the city for incoming drones.
“Apartments from the 17th to the 21st storeys were damaged in the apartment building in Solomyanskyi district,” Popko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Apartments were on fire on the 20th floor.”
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a teenage girl had died. One of the five injured was being treated in hospital and a first aid tent was set up at the site.
Emergency services said the fire had been brought under control. Photos and videos posted on their site showed firefighters using long hoists to battle the blaze.
Popko also said drone fragments had fallen in an open space in the central Shevchenkivskyi district. No casualties were reported.
Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleskander Kozhukhar; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, Bill Berkrot, Alistair Bell and Marguerita Choy
