(Reuters) -A Russian drone struck a multi-storey residential constructing within the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday night, triggering a hearth within the high flooring and killing one particular person and injuring 5, officers mentioned.
Serhiy Popko, head of the capital’s navy administration, mentioned greater than 100 residents have been evacuated from the high-rise in Solomyanskyi district, simply west of the town centre.
Air defence items have been in motion through the hour-long air raid alert and two hours later a brand new alert was declared within the metropolis for incoming drones.
“Residences from the seventeenth to the twenty first storeys have been broken within the residence constructing in Solomyanskyi district,” Popko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Residences have been on hearth on the twentieth flooring.”
Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned a teenage lady had died. One of many 5 injured was being handled in hospital and a primary help tent was arrange on the website.
Emergency providers mentioned the fireplace had been introduced beneath management. Images and movies posted on their website confirmed firefighters utilizing lengthy hoists to battle the blaze.
Popko additionally mentioned drone fragments had fallen in an open house within the central Shevchenkivskyi district. No casualties have been reported.