Russian drone barrage on Kyiv kills 3, injures 13, disrupts electricity, water supplies
At 10:00 a.m. local time, Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm DTEK announced emergency energy shutdowns in Brovary, Buchanskyi, Vyshgorod, and Boryspil districts of the capital.
Russian drone strikes on October 8 in Kyiv resulted in three deaths and 13 injuries, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. One drone struck a four-story commercial building in the Solomyansky district, causing a fire and killing two people. Another drone fell on the Holosiivskyi district, injuring one individual. Prior to these attacks, Kyiv had reported one death and 11 injuries from Russian assaults on the same day.
At 10:00 a.m. local time, Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, declared emergency power shutdowns in Brovary, Buchanskyi, Vyshgorod, and Boryspil districts. The Kyiv city military administration later announced potential water supply disruptions in Kyiv's right bank, including Holosiivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomyanskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts.
The State Emergency Service reported a fire at a logistics facility in Buchanskyi district following a Russian drone strike. Overnight, Russian drone attacks killed four people and injured 21 across four districts. In Solomyanskyi district, a UAV hit a five-story residential building, leading to a fire, while debris from other drone strikes ignited a blaze in a 12-story residential building in Desnyanskyi district.
Russia launched 142 Shahed-type drones, 82 of which were jet-powered, during the night of October 8, according to Ukraine's air force. The air force claimed to have shot down or neutralized 126 of these drones.
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