Drone debris flies through window in Kyiv: woman undergoes surgery
Pravda Ukraine
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said that one person has been injured in a Russian drone attack on Kyiv that occurred on the night of 18-19 October.
Source: Klitschko on Telegram; Serhii Popko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration, on Telegram
Quote from Klitschko: “A woman sustained injuries in the Darnytskyi district of the capital during an enemy attack. She was taken to hospital and is undergoing surgery. A small piece of a UAV hit the woman’s apartment through the balcony window.”
Details: Klitschko said that there had been no other damage to the apartment block.
Popko added that a young woman was injured – she sustained a serious injury to her lower limb.
“As a result of the nighttime Russian drone attack on Kyiv, the facade of the building was damaged in the Dniprovskyi district… the debris damaged parked cars,” Popko said.
Background:
- On the evening of 18 October, Russian troops launched attack drones at Ukraine.
- As of 02:45, an air-raid warning was issued in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Cherkasy and Poltava oblasts.
- At 03:00, Kyiv Oblast Military Administration reported that Russian drones had been detected in the oblast and that air defence systems were responding to the attack.
- After 04:00, the authorities reported that air defence systems were responding to the attack in the city of Kyiv.
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