Kremenchuk residential neighborhoods left shattered by Russian barrage — photo

Russian forces carried out a relentless drone and missile assault on Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, early on October 7, according to regional governor Vitaliy Dyakivnych. Initial assessments indicate that two individuals lost their lives and seven others sustained injuries during the Russian barrage. Rescue missions are still in progress.

Dyakivnych further disclosed that the barrage specifically targeted a residential district of Kremenchuk, causing substantial damage to several apartment buildings. Emergency services are currently on the ground, and officials are working tirelessly to ascertain the total number of casualties. Kremenchuk Mayor Vitaliy Maletskyi confirmed that the barrage inflicted some of the most severe damage to the city’s residential districts since the full-scale invasion commenced.

Maletskyi reported that a 72-year-old woman perished after an enemy strike directly struck her private residence on Khorolska Street. The attack inflicted extensive damage on numerous apartment buildings and private homes, resulting in shattered windows, ruined facades, and burned-out vehicles. Emergency responders are on-site providing aid to affected residents, added Maletskyi.

The strike also targeted an industrial facility in the wider Kremenchuk region. Overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force issued ballistic missile warnings for Kremenchuk, followed by subsequent alerts after 6:00 a.m. of fleets of cruise missiles closing in on the city and its surrounding areas. Monitoring channels also monitored jet-powered attack drones approaching the city, accompanied by successive explosions that rattled the area.

The overnight strikes on Kremenchuk coincided with a massive, coordinated Russian barrage across numerous Ukrainian regions, with intense explosions reverberating in Kyiv and its vicinity, as well as in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhya.