Russian attacks killed four civilians and injured 14 others in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions over the past 24 hours, while overnight drone strikes sparked fires and damaged civilian property and businesses across several regions, local officials and emergency services reported on Thursday, Oct. 22.
Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration (OVA), said Russian forces killed two residents of the region on Oct. 21, in Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk. Another nine people were injured over the same period.
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Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA, reported a 42-year-old woman was killed by Russian shelling in the village of Lymanivka in Lozova district. Four other people were injured, including boys aged 10 and 13. Medics provided the injured with the necessary assistance.
Vyacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv OVA, said Russian forces attacked an enterprise in Chernihiv twice with drones on Oct. 21. A 61-year-old man was killed in the second strike, while a 54-year-old man suffered acoustic barotrauma.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported several Russian drone strikes across the city, including attacks on residential areas and other civilian infrastructure.
At around 2:16 a.m. on Thursday, a Russian jet-powered drone struck a residential area in the Slobidskyi district, setting an outbuilding on fire and damaging several private homes. No casualties were reported at the time.
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A strike was also recorded in the Osnovianskyi district, in the central part of the city, with the impact initially under assessment.
In the Kholodnohirskyi district, a jet-powered Shahed drone struck a parking lot, setting several private vehicles on fire. Emergency crews and municipal services were dispatched to the scene.
At 7:47 a.m., Terekhov reported another drone strike in the Osnovianskyi district. The drone hit the ninth floor of an office building next to residential buildings. No casualties or fires were reported following that strike.
At 8:48 a.m., the mayor reported another Russian strike on the same district.
Civilian transport hit in Sumy
In Sumy, a Russian first-person view (FPV) drone struck a vehicle, sparking a fire and damaging other vehicles, according to the State Emergency Service (DSNS).
The blast wave shattered windows in a five-story residential building. Despite the threat of further attacks, rescuers extinguished the fire.
One person was reportedly injured, according to preliminary information.
Warehouse fire in Kirovohrad region
Russian forces also attacked Kropyvnytskyi district in Kirovohrad region on the evening of Oct. 21, setting warehouse facilities on fire, the DSNS reported.
The large scale of the fire and the threat of follow-up strikes complicated firefighting efforts. Rescuers eventually contained the blaze and remained at the scene.
According to preliminary information, no one was killed or injured in the attack.
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