Russian drone strikes injure five in Uman and spark industrial fire in Cherkasy — photos
Russian armed forces executed an overnight drone assault on the city of Uman in Cherkasy Oblast, sparking fires across three separate locations and leaving five civilians injured, State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) reported on Oct. 16.
Overnight, Russian armed forces launched a series of drone strikes targeting three locations in Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, resulting in injuries to five civilians and igniting multiple fires, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) on October 16. One drone struck a ten-story apartment complex, causing a blaze on a second-floor balcony and igniting an adjacent parked vehicle.
Another strike damaged the security guard building of a residential complex, while a third explosion ignited a commercial storage yard. SES emergency responders successfully rescued a man from beneath collapsed rubble. The Cherkasy Regional Military Administration (OVA) reported that three of the injured civilians sustained moderate injuries and were taken to nearby hospitals.
One Russian strike drone crashed onto the grounds of a private enterprise in Cherkasy, causing an industrial fire that was swiftly contained and extinguished by emergency crews. No casualties were reported at the Cherkasy industrial site. Russian forces conducted drone attacks across several western and central oblasts overnight, with explosions and air defense clashes reported in Lutsk, Rivne, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
In Chortkiv, Ternopil Oblast, an incoming drone triggered a major fire at an industrial complex, demanding extensive firefighting efforts.
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