Drone wreckage falls on a residential building in Kyiv's Pecherskyi district: 3 people injured – photos
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Wed, 01 Jan 2025 07:36:44 +0200
Wreckage from a Russian drone fell on a residential building in Kyivs Pecherskyi district on the morning of 1 January, partially destroying the top two floors and causing a fire.
A nonresidential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district has been on fire.
Three people have been injured.
Source Kyiv City Military Administration KCMA Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko Details Kyiv City Military Administration said wreckage fell in the Pecherskyi district as a result of the Russian drone attack targeting Kyiv.
Early reports indicate that the wreckage landed on a nonresidential building.
Quote No reports of casualties have been received.
Information on damage is being established.
Details KCMA also noted that air defence systems are responding in the capital and urged residents to stay in shelters until the allclear is given.
Updated Klitschko later reported a fire on the roof and in one apartment of a residential building in the Pecherskyi district.
One person turned for medical assistance.
Photo State Emergency Service of Ukraine The mayor also mentioned wreckage falling on another nonresidential building in the same district.
KCMA clarified that wreckage in the Pecherskyi district caused a fire on the roof of a nonresidential building.
It also partially destroyed the mansard floor of a fivestorey residential building, igniting an area of 20 square metres.
Photo State Emergency Service of Ukraine Klitschko later confirmed that the top two floors of the residential building in the Pecherskyi district were partially destroyed.
Emergency services are at the scene and the injured individual was hospitalised.
Photo State Emergency Service of Ukraine Klitschko also reported a fire in a nonresidential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district, As a result of wreckage falling, windows in a residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district were broken, near garages where the fire occurred.
The tram track was also partially damaged.
At 0825, The mayor wrote about three people injured in the Pecherskyi district, two of whom were hospitalised.
Background Russian forces had been attacking Ukraine with drones from southern and northern directions since the evening of 31 December.
An airraid warning had been issued in the city of Kyiv and several oblasts due to the approach of Russian drones from the northeast.
Air defence systems were responding in Kyiv Oblast.
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