A Russian drone has slammed into a block of flats in eastern Kyiv, killing six people and wounding dozens of others during a wave of strikes throughout the Ukrainian capital. As emergency workers sifted through the wreckage in the Lisovyi area, one Kyiv resident called Vita described how the drone had pierced the building, exploding on the other side. Meanwhile, Ukraine stepped up its attacks on Russia's oil infrastructure, with drone strikes on one of its biggest export terminals in Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea coast.
Fire broke out at the Sheskharis oil refinery, and a ship and a block of flats were hit, officials said. Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported that three crew members and another man were hurt in the attack, which damaged the main oil depot and a container terminal. Mayor Andrei Kravchenko declared a state of emergency, and it was reported that oil exports were suspended.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine had launched long-range 'Long Neptune' cruise missiles during its attacks on Russia overnight, without specifying what they targeted. Zelensky condemned the overnight attacks as vile and calculated, noting that about 430 drones and 18 missiles had been launched, with dozens of high-rise buildings damaged.
In Kyiv, residential buildings came under attack 'in practically every district,' the head of the city's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said on Telegram. The fire service in the Lisovyi neighborhood indicated that the drone had hit the seventh floor of the residential building. When it exploded, all floors from the eighth down to the fourth collapsed.
Kyiv's energy infrastructure suffered significant damage, leaving many buildings without heat. Medical teams were deployed to all fires, and nine people were hospitalized, with one in extremely serious condition. With the intensifying conflict, local authorities remain on high alert as air defenses remain crucial to minimize civilian casualties.
Fire broke out at the Sheskharis oil refinery, and a ship and a block of flats were hit, officials said. Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported that three crew members and another man were hurt in the attack, which damaged the main oil depot and a container terminal. Mayor Andrei Kravchenko declared a state of emergency, and it was reported that oil exports were suspended.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine had launched long-range 'Long Neptune' cruise missiles during its attacks on Russia overnight, without specifying what they targeted. Zelensky condemned the overnight attacks as vile and calculated, noting that about 430 drones and 18 missiles had been launched, with dozens of high-rise buildings damaged.
In Kyiv, residential buildings came under attack 'in practically every district,' the head of the city's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said on Telegram. The fire service in the Lisovyi neighborhood indicated that the drone had hit the seventh floor of the residential building. When it exploded, all floors from the eighth down to the fourth collapsed.
Kyiv's energy infrastructure suffered significant damage, leaving many buildings without heat. Medical teams were deployed to all fires, and nine people were hospitalized, with one in extremely serious condition. With the intensifying conflict, local authorities remain on high alert as air defenses remain crucial to minimize civilian casualties.
