Russian drone strike kills 3 service members in Ivano-Frankivsk, wounds 3 others
The attack was the latest in a series targeting the western Ukrainian city, with strikes reported on three days within a four-day period.
On October 11, a Russian drone attack in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine, resulted in the deaths of three Ukrainian military personnel and injuries to three others, Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv announced. The wounded individuals sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to Martsinkiv in a video address. No civilians were harmed during the strike.
This attack marked the latest in a series targeting Ivano-Frankivsk, with strikes reported on three consecutive days within a four-day span. Initially, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Governor Svitlana Onyshchuk reported two fatalities and one injury; however, she later revised the death toll to three after learning that one of the injured had passed away in the hospital.
Martsinkiv confirmed that all three deceased were military personnel and reported three additional injuries. The strike inflicted damage on a building and civilian infrastructure, though the full extent of the destruction remained to be determined as of 11 p.m. local time. Ukraine's Air Force had issued a warning that a jet-powered drone was approaching Ivano-Frankivsk prior to the attack.
Russian forces had launched five drone strikes on Ivano-Frankivsk overnight on October 9. On October 8, a drone strike led to the death of a man born in 1959 due to falling debris sparking a fire in the city.
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