Russia and Ukraine increase UAV attacks, causing much damage

(CLO) Russia and Ukraine on Friday continued to increase attacks on each other's territory with a series of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), causing a lot of damage.

A Russian drone hit a multi-story apartment building in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Friday evening, causing a fire on the top floors and killing one person and injuring five, Ukrainian officials said.

Serhiy Popko, head of the capital Kiev's military administration, said more than 100 residents had been evacuated from the high-rise building in the Solomyanskyi district, just west of the city center.

An apartment building damaged by a Russian drone attack in Kiev, Ukraine on October 25, 2024. Photo: Ukrainian Emergency Situations Service

Air defense units were in action during the hour-long air raid warning and two hours later, a new warning was issued in the city about incoming drones.

"Apartments from the 17th to the 21st floors were damaged in an apartment building in the Solomyansky district," Popko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "Apartments on the 20th floor caught fire."

A Russian missile strike also hit a residential area and a medical facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday evening, killing three people and wounding at least nine, according to regional governor Serhiy Lysak.

Governor Lysak said a two-story building was partially destroyed and one person may still be buried under the rubble. A medical facility and four apartment buildings were damaged.

Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said air defense forces shot down 31 Ukrainian drones in Russian airspace over the past day.

According to the ministry, two fixed-wing drones were shot down in the Belgorod Region, ten in the Kursk Region, nine in the Oryol Region and three in the Bryansk Region.

In addition, three Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Sea of Azov, three more over the Belgorod Region and one over the Bryansk Region. A small airship was shot down over the Rostov Region.

Huy Hoang (according to TASS, Reuters)

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