Russian drone hits Rivne apartment block, injuring 6
A Russian drone struck a high-rise residential building in Rivne early on Friday, injuring 6 people, including 2 children, the regional governor said.
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- Rivne · early hours of Friday: Drone hits Rivne apartment block (6 injured)
- Zdolbuniv · same night: Garage and cars catch fire in Zdolbuniv
A Russian drone struck a residential high-rise in Rivne, in western Ukraine, in the early hours of Friday, setting fire to two apartments and injuring six people, including two children, regional governor Oleksandr Koval said. The strike hit the building directly, he said, with the blaze breaking out inside the flats rather than from falling debris nearby.
Emergency crews evacuated 42 residents from the building as firefighters tackled the blaze, Ukrainian outlet NV.ua reported. Koval said five people were known to be injured when he first reported the strike on social media shortly after the attack, and he later revised that figure to six as more details emerged, including the two children among the injured.
City authorities are preparing to resettle residents of the building, Koval said, and plan to begin repair work, including fitting new windows, as early as Friday morning.
A series of explosions was heard in Rivne and the wider region shortly after midnight on Friday and again the previous evening, Ukrainian outlet 24 Kanal reported. The attack involved fast, tracked heading directly toward the regional capital, the outlet said. Ukraine's air force warned residents of an elevated threat from the approaching drones, and units were active in the region through the night.
A garage and several cars caught fire in the nearby town of Zdolbuniv, in the same region, during the same wave of strikes, 24 Kanal reported; no casualties were reported there. Explosions were also reported the same night in Vinnytsia, in central Ukraine, where Russian drones were directed at the same time, the outlet said.
Friday's strike was the latest in a string of drone and missile attacks on Rivne and the surrounding this autumn, as Russia has continued to target western Ukrainian cities far from the front line, regional officials have said in earlier statements reported by NV.ua and 24 Kanal.
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What we know
- Official · Oleksandr Koval A Russian drone hit a residential high-rise in Rivne in the early hours of Friday, injuring 6 people including 2 children, governor Oleksandr Koval said.
- 1 outlet · NV.ua Emergency crews evacuated 42 residents from the building; the strike set two apartments alight, NV.ua reported.
- Official · Oleksandr Koval City authorities plan to resettle residents and begin repairs, including new windows, as early as Friday morning, Koval said.
- 1 outlet · NV.ua A garage and cars also caught fire in Zdolbuniv, in the same region, during the same wave of attacks; no casualties were reported there.
- 1 outlet · 24 Kanal Explosions were reported in Vinnytsia the same night as Russian drones were also directed there, 24 Kanal reported.
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Why it matters for Europe
The strike is part of a wider pattern of Russian attacks on Rivne in recent weeks: a Russian strike hit a Metro supermarket in the city on 21 October, forcing it to close, and another attack damaged more than ten gravestones at a Rivne cemetery a day earlier, NV.ua reported.
Repeated strikes on residential buildings, shops and cemeteries far from the front line show Russia's continued targeting of Ukrainian cities well away from the fighting, disrupting daily life and municipal services in places like Rivne that rarely feature in the wider war coverage.
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- 24 Kanal: У Рівному прогриміли вибухи: БпЛА влучив у будинок, виникла пожежа
- Ukrainska Pravda: Росіяни влучили безпілотником у багатоповерхівку в Рівному: п'ятеро поранених
- Censor.net: Enemy drone strikes high-rise block in Rivne: six people injured (updated). PHOTO
- NV.ua: Russian drone hits apartment building in western Ukraine, injuring at least six
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Questions and answers
- How many people were hurt?
- Six people, including two children, were injured when a Russian drone hit a residential building in Rivne, regional governor Oleksandr Koval said.
- Were other places hit nearby?
- Yes. A garage and cars caught fire in Zdolbuniv in the same region, and explosions were also reported in Vinnytsia the same night, 24 Kanal reported.
- Has Rivne been attacked before?
- Yes. A Metro supermarket there was hit on 21 October, and a cemetery was damaged a day earlier, NV.ua reported.
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