The attack took place on the night from Wednesday to Thursday. The Ukrainian Independent News Agency Unian reported that attack drones appeared over Kiev and its suburbs. As a result of the attack in one of the buildings in the center, in the Pechersk region, falling debris caused damage to the gas pipe. The leaking gas caused fire.
Fire in Kiev. The fire started after a drone attack
“As a result of an air attack by Russian drones, a gas pipe was depressurized,” the Kiev City Military Administration reported.
The fire department and paramedics were immediately dispatched to the scene. The fire broke out on the first floor of a five-story residential building. According to the agency, in addition to the fire, the falling debris also damaged about 20 vehicles, and elements of the building also fell on the nearby kindergarten. There is no information about victims yet.
Drone attack on Kyiv. Probably no casualties
Shortly after 7 a.m., the State Emergency Service reported that the fire was extinguished. Initially, there was information that a child was injured in the fire, and the girl had cuts, but later the authorities said that these were not confirmed reports and that the drone attack It is believed that no one was injured.
“The air defense forces recorded a total of a dozen or so enemy drones were heading towards the capital. Combat operations in the airspace of Kiev and its outskirts lasted five hours. Air defense forces and means neutralized several Russian attack drones,” the Kiev City Military Administration reported.
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