Drone strikes hit apartment block and hotel in Kremenchuk, injuring 7
Russian drones struck a residential building and a hotel in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, on Sunday evening, injuring 7 people including a 16-year-old boy.
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A children's disability centre, Kolibri, was destroyed by fire in the same Kremenchuk strikes, its director says.
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Russian drones struck two locations in Kremenchuk, in Ukraine's Poltava region, on Sunday evening, 8 November, hitting a multi-storey apartment block and a hotel, both of which caught fire, head Vitalii Diakivnych said. Seven people were injured in total.
Among the injured, a 16-year-old boy suffered severe injuries and was hospitalised, Diakivnych said. The injury toll rose through the evening, from an initial four people, three of whom were treated at the scene, to seven, with two more taken to hospital later. Kremenchuk mayor Vitalii Maletskyi confirmed the apartment block and the hotel were both hit and caught fire.
A specialised centre for children with autism spectrum disorders and other disabilities, known as Kolibri, also burned down in the same strikes, its director and founder, Anna Andrienko, said. Andrienko said nobody was at the centre at the time, since it was a day off, and that staff and children normally go to shelters during .
rescued 15 people from the affected buildings, and firefighting operations were continuing into the night, according to 24 Kanal. Explosions were heard in the city at about 19:47 local time, after the air force had warned that "Banderol" drone-missiles were heading towards Kremenchuk.
Earlier the same day, a Russian drone hit an industrial enterprise in Kremenchuk, 24 Kanal reported. In the nearby Hlobyne community, also in Poltava region, a drone struck a private enterprise with no casualties reported, and a separate strike hit a private home, setting an outbuilding alight; no injuries were reported there either, according to Ukraine's air force updates relayed by NV.
The strikes on Kremenchuk were part of a wider overnight barrage in which Ukraine's air force reported waves of jet-powered and conventional attack drones, along with Banderol-type drones and guided bombs, hitting multiple regions. Explosions were also reported in Sumy and Cherkasy, and Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in northern Odesa region left some families without power, according to grid operator , which said repair crews were assessing undamaged equipment despite repeated air-raid alerts and the risk of further attacks.
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What we know
- 2+ outlets · 24 Kanal, UNIAN +5 Drones struck an apartment block and a hotel in Kremenchuk on Sunday evening, injuring 7 people, regional official Vitalii Diakivnych said.
- 1 outlet · Ziarul de Gardă A 16-year-old boy was among the injured and was hospitalised with severe injuries.
- 1 outlet · NV.ua A specialised centre for children with disabilities, Kolibri, also burned down in the same strikes; nobody was inside at the time, its director said.
- 1 outlet · UNIAN Ukraine's State Emergency Service rescued 15 people from the affected buildings; firefighting continued into the evening.
- 1 outlet · NV A separate daytime drone strike hit an industrial enterprise in Kremenchuk; strikes in nearby Hlobyne caused no casualties.
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- Unconfirmed Whether the injury total of 7 could still rise had not been confirmed as of the latest report.
- Unconfirmed The full extent of damage to the apartment block and hotel had not been detailed.
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Why it matters for Europe
Kremenchuk is an industrial city on the Dnipro river that has been repeatedly targeted during the war, and strikes on an apartment block and a hotel show the toll on civilian life beyond military or industrial sites. The city was hit by both a daytime and an evening drone strike within hours, part of a wider overnight barrage that also hit Sumy, Cherkasy and the power grid in northern Odesa region.
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A children's disability centre, Kolibri, was destroyed by fire in the same Kremenchuk strikes, its director says.
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- 24 Kanal: Росія вдарила по багатоповерхівці та готелю у Кременчуку: є поранені
- UNIAN: Росіяни вгатили по готелю та будинку в Кременчуці, є постраждалі
- Haqqin.az: Отель и жилой дом в Кременчуге попали под удар России
- NV.ua: Russian drones hit hotel and apartment block in Kremenchuk, wounding seven — photoreport
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Questions and answers
- What was hit in Kremenchuk?
- A multi-storey apartment block and a hotel, both of which caught fire after drone strikes on Sunday evening.
- How many people were hurt?
- 7 people were injured, including a 16-year-old boy who was hospitalised with severe injuries, officials said.
- Were there other strikes nearby that night?
- Yes. An industrial site in Kremenchuk and two sites in the nearby Hlobyne community were also hit, with no casualties reported there.
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