Russia attacks Kyiv again with missiles and drones, sparking fires at an educational facility and the roof of a five-story apartment building
Russian forces attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight on September 29, Ukraine’s Air Force said. Several districts were hit, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
In the Solomianskyi district, missile “debris” fell into the courtyard of a residential building. One of the buildings at an educational institution was hit, sparking a fire. Klitschko also said an administrative building at an infrastructure facility was hit. He did not identify the educational institution or the facility.
In the Pecherskyi district, a three-story nonresidential building caught fire after the attack. In the Holosiivskyi district, the roof of an apartment building caught fire as a result of “falling debris.”
”One person was injured in the Holosiivskyi district, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. Rescuers evacuated 10 people from the damaged building.
In the Bucha district of the Kyiv region, a Russian drone strike set a private home and the roof of a neighboring building on fire. Two people were taken to hospitals.
Russian forces have struck Kyiv both day and night for several days. On September 28, a building belonging to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences was among the sites hit, and a fire broke out there. According to Kyiv authorities, two people were killed and 26 injured in Monday’s attacks. Eight of those injured remain hospitalized.
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What’s this “debris” talk?
Russian propaganda often uses the phrase “drone debris” or “missile debris” to conceal the scale of an attack and show the effectiveness of air defenses. Now Ukraine is doing the same. Fragments of drones and missiles do sometimes fall to the ground, but during wartime we cannot promptly confirm or refute this information. Treat reports of “drone debris” with caution.