Russian drone attack on western Ukraine kills 3, injures 20 in Lutsk and Rivne
Wreckage from a drone damaged damaged several buildings in Lutsk, while a drone crashed into Rivne.
On October 14, Russian drone strikes in western Ukraine caused three deaths and 20 injuries in Lutsk and Rivne, according to regional authorities. In Lutsk, the drone crash resulted in three fatalities and 12 injuries, with a warehouse explosion claiming another life and hospitalizing a fourth. The city also suffered damage to a nine-story residential building and a car.
Rivne saw eight people, including a child born in 2012, injured when a drone struck the city, with roofs damaged, windows shattered, and four vehicles totaled. Six air raid alerts were issued in Volyn Oblast since midnight as Russia launched 39 missiles and 128 Shahed-type drones at Ukraine. Ukraine's Air Force claimed to have downed four ballistic missiles and 115 drones overnight.
Previous attacks included a drone strike on a university in Rivne on October 13, injuring 25 people, and three injuries in Lviv Oblast over the prior day, announced by regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi.
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