Russian overnight drone attack damages factory in Rivne region
A Russian overnight attack damaged a civilian enterprise in Ukraine's Rivne region, sparking a fire that forced the evacuation of nearby residents.
A Russian overnight attack on 2 October damaged a civilian enterprise in Ukraine's Rivne region, sparking a fire inside the building, regional governor Oleksandr Koval said on Telegram. Rescue workers evacuated residents of nearby homes because of the risk the fire would spread, he said.
No one was hurt in the attack, according to preliminary information cited by Ukrainian outlets NV and 24 Kanal. Emergency and specialist services remained at the scene dealing with the aftermath, the outlets reported.
Ukraine's air force reported jet-powered drones moving through Rivne region airspace overnight. Russia launched 108 drones at Ukraine overall that night, and Ukrainian air defences shot down 88 of them, intercepting slightly more than four in every five, according to NV.
The same night, Russian drones struck Kyiv's Southern Bridge and hit an apartment block in the capital's Darnytskyi district, killing one person and injuring two, Ukrainian outlets reported. Drone debris also fell in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, damaging a non-residential building and several cars, according to 24 Kanal.
In Kharkiv, Russian forces carried out a series of drone strikes within about an hour on Thursday evening, hitting open ground in the Osnovianskyi district and damaging windows in an administrative building, 24 Kanal reported; another drone hit the facade of a shop in the city's Kyivskyi district.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, one man was injured in Russian attacks on Friday morning, and Russian forces struck the city of Nikopol and the Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka and Pokrovske communities roughly 20 times with drones overall, damaging a shop, infrastructure, apartment blocks and a car service centre, 24 Kanal reported.
What we know
- A Russian overnight attack damaged a civilian enterprise in Ukraine's Rivne region on 2 October.
- Nearby residents were evacuated because of the risk of the fire spreading.
- No casualties have been reported, according to preliminary information.
- Russia launched 108 drones at Ukraine overnight; Ukrainian air defences downed 88 of them.
Why it matters for Europe
The strike on Rivne region came the same night Russian drones also hit Kyiv's Southern Bridge and killed one person in the capital's Darnytskyi district, part of a wider wave of overnight attacks that also struck Kharkiv's Osnovianskyi and Kyivskyi districts and three communities around Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian outlets reported. The scale of that single night's attacks, 108 drones launched nationwide, illustrates the pressure Ukraine's air defences are under across multiple regions simultaneously, even when, as in Rivne, the immediate damage is limited to a single civilian enterprise.
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Questions and answers
- Was anyone hurt in the attack?
- No, preliminary information cited by Ukrainian media said no one was injured.
- What was damaged?
- A civilian enterprise in Rivne region was damaged and caught fire, prompting the evacuation of nearby residents.
- How many drones did Russia launch overnight?
- Russia launched 108 drones at Ukraine; Ukrainian air defences intercepted 88 of them, according to Ukrainian outlet NV.
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