In brief: A Russian strike drone hit a private home in the village of Bohdanivka in Kyiv region’s Brovary district on Friday evening, Nov. 6, destroying the building, causing a fire, and injuring a 66-year-old woman and her 75-year-old husband. The strike coincided with an overnight Russian barrage of at least six ballistic missiles targeting Kyiv overnight. The capital attack injured five people, including a child, and destroyed a building on kindergarten grounds in the Solomianskyi district.
A Russian strike drone hit a private house in the village of Bohdanivka in the Brovary district of Kyiv region on Friday evening, Nov. 6, destroying the dwelling, causing a fire, and trapping an elderly married couple beneath rubble, the State Emergency Service (DSNS) reported.
Rescuers said the kinetic impact caused structural collapse and ignited a fire across the property. A 66-year-old woman extricated herself from the debris, while emergency crews extricated her 75-year-old husband from beneath the rubble.
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Both individuals sustained injuries and received medical assistance at the scene. Firefighters subsequently extinguished the blaze at the site of the hit.
“Both victims sustained injuries. The fire at the site of the hit has been extinguished,” the DSNS said in a statement.
What happened during the missile attack on Kyiv
The drone strike in Bohdanivka coincided with a missile attack on the capital overnight into Saturday, Nov. 7, during which Russian forces launched at least six ballistic missiles toward Kyiv.
The missile strikes caused damage in the capital’s Solomianskyi district and injured five people, including a child.
Also in the Solomianskyi district, a missile strike destroyed a two-story building on the grounds of a kindergarten. Several nearby five-story residential apartment buildings sustained damage, including one structure where part of the ground-floor facade collapsed.
Blast waves shattered windows in three neighboring residential buildings, injuring one person. Two other people, including a child, sustained injuries at nearby locations, bringing the total number of injured in the district to five.
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The missile impacts also ignited fires in a truck and an adjacent nonresidential building. Municipal firefighting detachments extinguished the blazes shortly after arriving.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said falling missile debris struck five-story apartment blocks and advised residents to remain in shelters while air raid alerts were active.
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