Russian forces struck residential and industrial areas in the city of Vyshhorod in the Kyiv region, causing destroyed buildings, fires, and leaving one person dead and several injured.
Late in the evening of Nov. 29, shortly after 11 p.m., an air alert was declared in Kyiv during a Russian drone attack. Soon after, reports emerged that Vyshhorod, located just north of the capital, had been hit.
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“As a result of the attack, a fire and partial destruction occurred in a high-rise building: flames engulfed apartments from the 1st to the 6th floors of a nine-story building,” the State Emergency Service (DSNS) initially reported.
Private houses were also burned and destroyed, and parked cars were damaged. Firefighters are working to extinguish a blaze at a nearby industrial facility.
The DSNS later confirmed that one person was killed and another five injured.
According to the Kyiv Regional Military Administration (OVA), the total number of injured in Vyshhorod has risen to 11, including one child. Six people have been hospitalized.
Rescuers evacuated residents from the affected high-rise, and firefighting efforts continue.
“The number of victims may increase,” authorities warned.
Russian drone attacks also triggered fires in the Kharkiv region, where a 52-year-old man was injured after two drones struck private homes in the village of Ploske in the Kupiansk district. A house and an outbuilding caught fire.
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In the Dnipropetrovsk region, four districts were hit overnight. A woman was injured when a drone struck the Pishchanska community of the Samarskyi district, setting a home and two cars on fire.
In the Synelnyky district, a man was seriously injured after a drone strike on the Malomykhailivska community. A car was damaged, and a two-story apartment building was hit in the Petropavlivska community.
Shelling also targeted the Nikopol district, damaging a gas pipeline and a power line, while infrastructure in the Pavlohrad district was hit as well.
All fires have since been extinguished by emergency crews.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, starting from 7 p.m. on Nov. 29, Russia attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 122 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones, about 75 of which were Shaheds.
“As of 9 a.m., air defenses had shot down or suppressed 104 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones in the north, south, and east of the country,” the report said.
At the same time, ballistic missile strikes and 18 attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were recorded at 13 locations, along with the fall of downed drones (fragments) at two locations.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has already responded on Telegram, saying that emergency crews are working to eliminate the consequences of the Russian strike in Vyshgorod.
“As of now, it is known that there are victims: 19 people were injured, including children. One person was killed by this attack. My condolences to his family and friends,” the president said.
He added that there are also wounded in the Dnipro and Kharkiv regions, and that Russia also struck the Odesa, Sumy, and Kherson regions.
“Such strikes occur every day. During this week alone, the Russians used almost 1,400 strike drones, 1,100 guided aerial bombs, and 66 missiles against our people,” Zelensky said.
According to him, Ukraine urgently needs missiles and air defense systems, as well as continued active work with partners to achieve peace.
“We need real, reliable solutions that will help end the war,” Zelensky said.
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