Night drone strikes hit Ukraine's biggest cities leaving multiple dead
Russian drones targeted Kharkiv and Kyiv during night-time attacks causing deaths and injuries. Ukrainian air-defense managed to intercept half of the incoming drones while Kherson faced morning artillery fire
In a wide-scale night-time assault Ukrainian forces shot down 26 of 48 enemy drones that targeted the countrys largest cities. The attacks which happened in late-October resulted in multiple casualties and building damage
The north-eastern city of Kharkiv faced the heaviest impact: four people died in Osnovianskyi district after a direct hit. Local emergency teams worked through the night removing debris from a totally-destroyed structure (while carrying out their grim task of recovering victims). The citys historic Derzhprom building – a 1920s architectural landmark also got severe damage from a guided bomb
In Kyiv‚ falling drone parts created chaos in the western districts. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that six people got hurt; one needed hospital care. The debris sparked fires in the Solomianskyi area damaging both a residential building and several cars nearby. Air-defense units worked non-stop to protect the capital; some remnants landed in Sviatoshynskyi district too
The morning brought more destruction to Kherson where Governor Oleksandr Prokudin confirmed two more deaths from artillery fire: a man aged 62 and woman aged 66. The city which sits on the wars front-line gets constant hits from various weapons
This large-scale attack shows how the conflict that started about two-and-half years ago keeps affecting Ukraine. While Moscow says it dont target civilians the wars toll on urban areas tells another story
