A Russian drone attack on the Kyiv Oblast resulted in three fatalities and significant residential damage on 24 January.
According to the Kyiv Regional State Administration (KOVA), drone debris caused fires and destruction in multiple locations.
In Hlevakha, a ten-story residential building suffered extensive damage. Yaroslav Dobrianskyi, acting head of the Kyiv Regional Council, said one death and four injuries. According to him, a fire broke out the on the multi-story building due to the Russian strike. Some 150 residents were evacuated.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) reported that in Hlevakha, the building was damaged on floors 6-7, with a fire breaking out. Rescuers saved an injured man from the 6th floor and a blocked woman from the 9th floor. They discovered the body of a 36-year-old man.
In Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, a Russian drone hit another residential building. DSNS reported a fire covering 120 square meters, which was extinguished at 04:14 am. The attack on Brovary killed a man born in 1966. Searches continue for his wife, born in 1965.
Mykola Kalashnyk, acting head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, confirmed two deaths and two injures. A 26-year-old man suffered upper respiratory tract burns, and a 38-year-old woman experienced acute stress.
Eight private houses, three vehicles, a shop, an outbuilding, and a fence were damaged in Brovary, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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