Largest Shahed drone attack in Kyiv: 5 people injured, debris falls in 4 districts

A drone attack on the night of 24-25 November became the largest in the city of Kyiv since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, as an air-raid warning was in effect for over six hours and five people were injured.

Source: Kyiv City Military Administration; Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv

Details: The Kyiv CityCouncil said five people were injured, including an 11-year-old child, as a result of the Russian attack on the capital. All of them received medical help at the scene or in accident and emergency units, without further hospitalisation.

The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that air defence assets and personnel hit almost 50 air targets, but the Air Force has not yet confirmed this information.

Early reports indicate that as a result of debris falling the following was recorded:

• In Solomianskyi District, two people were injured as a result of falling debris and both of them had an acute stress reaction, without hospitalisation. In addition, there was damage to the first floor of a five-storey building, with windows from the ground floor to the fifth floor broken. Two women were trapped under the rubble. A fire broke out at a kindergarten and in a non-residential building with an area of 100 square metres.
• In Dniprovskyi District, debris fell on the upper floors of a high-rise building, causing smoke.
• In Holosiivskyi District, debris fell on a green area, with no casualties.
• Debris also fell on open space in Pecherskyi District. Preliminary reports indicate there were no further effects.

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