Russian drone attack on Lutsk kills 6, injures 12 at food warehouse

Russian drone attacks on Lutsk, in western Ukraine, killed 6 people and injured 12, including a child, on Wednesday, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. A jet-powered drone hit the Eurohurt food wholesaler, starting a fire that firefighters later extinguished.

Rescuers initially said 3 people had died when debris from the drone hit the warehouse, with 10 more hurt, acting Volyn governor Roman Romaniuk said, according to Bulgarian outlet 24 Chasa. The toll later rose as rescuers recovered the bodies of 5 victims while clearing rubble at the wholesaler, and a sixth person died in hospital from their injuries, Romanian outlet G4Media reported. A nearby nine-storey residential building was also damaged by falling debris and the shockwave, injuring 2 people, including a child, Romaniuk said.

In nearby Rivne, a separate Russian drone fell in a residential area, injuring 5 people including a child born in 2012, the State Emergency Service said. Rescuers pulled a woman from rubble there and handed her to medical workers. Four privately owned cars and the roof of a three-storey residential building caught fire, and windows were blown out in a neighbouring building.

Across the wider Rivne region, 8 people were injured in the overnight and morning attacks: 5 at the Rivne residential site and 3 at an agricultural enterprise, where two facilities were hit, regional authorities said.

The attack on Rivne came a day after a Russian drone strike wounded 30 people at Rivne State University of Humanities and severely damaged its music department, forcing the university to move classes online, Kyiv Post reported.

Russia launched 39 missiles and 128 drones across Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said. Strikes were recorded at 22 locations, while debris from intercepted drones fell at 8 further locations. Separately, Russian strikes also hit residential areas in Zaporizhzhia's Voznesenivskyi district on 14 October, causing casualties and damaging several buildings, G4Media reported.