Houses, cars and outbuildings caught fire in Vinnytsia and Chernihiv oblasts due to Russian overnight drone attack – photos

STANISLAV POHORILOV — Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 11:07

Russian drones struck houses in Vinnytsia and Chernihiv oblasts on the night of 3-4 December, causing fires and destruction.

Source: Vinnytsia Oblast Military Administration on Telegram; Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Ukraine's State Emergency Service on Telegram

Details: Reports indicated that a house had caught fire in the Haisyn district in Vinnytsia Oblast as a result of a UAV crash.

Photo: Vinnytsia Oblast Military Administration on Telegram

"Five people, including three children, lived in the house. Luckily, the family – a 34-year-old man, his wife and their three children aged 7, 9, and 12 – managed to escape and were not injured," said Natalia Zabolotna, Deputy Head of Vinnytsia Oblast Military Administration.

Photo: Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

The house, a car and outbuildings were partially destroyed. Firefighters extinguished the fire.

Photo: Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

A kamikaze drone hit a garden in a village in Chernihiv Oblast. Wreckage from the UAV damaged a house, but caused no casualties.

Background: On the night of 3-4 December, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with a Kh-59/69 missile, 50 Shahed-type loitering munitions, and other drones. Ukrainian air defence units shot down 29 drones, while 18 disappeared from radar, and 1 changed its course toward Russian-occupied territories.

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