Russian Strikes on Kyiv: School and Bridge Damaged
On Thursday, a Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv where children and staff were sheltering; no casualties were immediately reported. Two other drones hit the bridge connecting the eastern and western parts of the city, halting metro and surface transport. The previous night and earlier, similar attacks caused casualties and destruction in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, and other regions.
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· 4Российский дрон ударил по школе и мосту в Киеве, нарушив транспортное сообщение
1Зеленский: российские удары убили 5 и ранили 14 человек в Украине
2Российские ракеты и дроны ударили по Киевской области, погиб ребенок в Вышгороде
3Российские удары БПЛА по Украине: трое погибших, более десяти раненых
4Key points
- On Thursday, a Russian drone hit a school in Kyiv where children and staff were sheltering; no casualties were reported.
- Two Russian drones struck the bridge connecting the eastern and western parts of Kyiv, halting metro and surface public transport.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said five people, including one child, were killed and 14 were wounded in overnight Russian strikes on September 30.
- In Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, the body of a child was found under the rubble of a destroyed private house, and three others were rescued.
- In Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, a drone struck a 25-story residential building, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring nine people.
What happened
On Thursday, a Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said; children and staff were in shelters when the drone hit the building, and no casualties were immediately reported. Two Russian drones struck the bridge connecting the eastern and western parts of Kyiv, halting metro and surface public transport.
Why it matters
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on September 30 that five people, including one child, were killed and 14 were wounded in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine. The attacks targeted Kyiv and nearby settlements, as well as Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Rivne and Zhytomyr oblasts; residential buildings were damaged and water and electricity supplies were disrupted. The Ukrainian Air Force Command said air defenses shot down five ballistic missiles and 155 drones.
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