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Russian Drone Strike Hits Apartment Building in Rivne as Drone Debris Sparks Fire at Kyiv Medical Facility, Ukrinform Reports
By Maya Wilson
A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Rivne, Ukraine, sparking a fire and injuring several people, including children, while debris from a separate drone fell on a medical facility in Kyiv, causing another fire, Ukraine’s national news agency Ukrinform reported late Thursday, November 12.
Ukrinform reported that the drone hit the residential building in Rivne, western Ukraine, and that several people were injured. Children were among those hurt, the agency said.
Ukrinform did not report a death toll from the Rivne strike. The agency also did not provide a specific number of injured people beyond describing the casualties as several. No further details about the victims or the extent of the damage to the apartment building were included in the information available for this report.
In a separate incident in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, drone debris fell on a medical facility in the Shevchenkivskyi district and sparked a fire, according to Ukrinform.
The Kyiv incident was distinct from the direct drone strike on the residential building in Rivne. Ukrinform reported that debris caused the fire at the medical facility but did not provide casualty information for that incident.
The two reports describe fires at separate civilian locations in different Ukrainian cities. The available Ukrinform reporting does not establish whether the incidents were connected or provide further details about the circumstances of either fire.
The incidents come amid continuing fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Earlier this week, this newsroom reported on a Ukrainian drone strike against the Russian warship Naro-Fominsk in the Baltic Sea and an agreement on a prisoner exchange announced during Russia-Ukraine discussions in Abu Dhabi. Those developments are separate from the overnight incidents reported by Ukrinform.
The agency’s reporting on Rivne confirms several injuries, including children, but gives no death toll. Its account of the Kyiv medical facility fire provides no casualty figures.
Maya Wilson
World Desk, The Library Media
Update: Ukrinform reported later Friday morning that the fire in the Rivne apartment building has been extinguished. Six people were injured in the strike, including two children.
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