Russian drone strike kills rescuer in Kharkiv region, injures civilians in Kyiv and Sumy
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Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:58:00 +0300

Attack on KyivAt 11:08 p.m., Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that air defense forces were operating against Russian targets over the capital.At 11:23 p.m., Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko said debris had fallen in three locations in the Podil district. Preliminary reports indicated one of the sites was a kindergarten. Details were being verified.“At 11:33 p.m., in the Obolon district, a residential building was damaged by drone debris. No casualties reported,” Tkachenko added.As of 11:54 p.m., five locations in the Podil district had been damaged, including a kindergarten. Five cars were also damaged.“In the Desnianskyi district, an apartment building sustained damage. No fire or casualties reported,” said the head of the Regional Military Administration.By 12:27 a.m., four people were confirmed injured, with details still being updated.At 07:28 a.m., Vitali Klitschko reported that the number of injured after the night attack had risen to seven.“Five have been hospitalized, and two are receiving outpatient treatment,” Klitschko said.Later, Klitschko shared details of the attack’s aftermath.In the Podil district:Fires broke out in three residential buildings;Blast waves shattered windows in several houses across different addresses;Over 40 windows were blown out in a local school;Part of the windows in a kindergarten were damaged;Cars caught fire in the courtyards of several residential buildings;Debris fell near a synagogue.In the Obolon district:The blast wave from a downed drone shattered windows in a residential building.Sumy regionAccording to Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Russian troops attacked a railway station in the Sumy community overnight using strike drones. Two railway workers were injured in the attack.“A 35-year-old man with injuries was hospitalized and is receiving the necessary medical care — his life is not in danger. The second injured worker received treatment on site,” Hryhorov said.The State Emergency Service of Ukraine showed the aftermath of the attack in the Sumy region.
Kharkiv regionAccording to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, rescuer Yurii Chystikov, born in 1975, was killed in Kharkiv region as a result of a repeated Russian strike.
“While extinguishing a fire caused by a strike from a Russian drone in the village of Zelenyi Hai, Velykoburlutska community, Kupiansk district, Russian terrorists fired again at the site where the rescuers were working. The Russian strike took the life of a rescuer, and five of his colleagues were injured,” the report said.Yurii is survived by a daughter.“Yurii Chystikov was an example of devotion to duty — a person for whom saving others was more important than his own life. His name will forever remain in the hearts of rescuers as a symbol of courage, honor, and dedication to service,” the State Emergency Service added.




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