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was the sixth such attack on Kyiv this month and part of a
larger drone swarm aimed at parts of central, southern and
western Ukraine, the country's air force said.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down 24 out of 28 attack drones, it
said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that a drone had
hit a block of flats in the Solomyanskyi district, south of the
city centre, triggering a fire on the upper floors that was
quickly brought under control.
Emergency services also said several apartments were damaged on
the 24th, 25th and 26th stories of the building. Two people were
injured, including one being treated in hospital.
The incident occurred a few hundred meters from a maternity
hospital.
A video posted on social media showed a giant orange flame going
skyward in the night.
Klitschko also said drone fragments had set fire to a house
under construction in Darnytskyi district on the eastern bank of
the Dnipro River that runs through the city.
Pictures posted online showed construction materials strewn
about the site.
Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said
fragments from a downed drone had struck an apartment building
in a third area, also south of the city centre.
He posted pictures showing smashed windows and heavy damage to
apartments.
Ukraine's southern command said an unspecified infrastructure
facility in the Mykolaiv region had been struck and that
fragments from a downed drone had damaged a grain storage
facility in the Odesa region.
No injuries were reported and the resulting fires were
extinguished, authorities said.
(Reporting by Serhiy Karazy, Valentyn Ogirenko, Pavel Polityuk
and Dan Peleschuk; Writing by Ron Popeski; Editing by Alistair
Bell, Christopher Cushing and Gerry Doyle)
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