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Russia targets Kyiv neighborhoods with drones

by Abbey Fenbert September 7, 2024 3:59 AM  (Updated: ) 2 min read
The remnants of a destroyed Russian Shahed drone at an exhibition in Kyiv on May 12, 2023. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Oleksii Samsonov /Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated.

Russia attacked the city of Kyiv with drones in the early hours of Sept. 7, causing debris to land near several residential buildings and possibly a kindergarten, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported.

Residents heard the sound of drones and a series of loud explosions shortly after 3 a.m. local time on Sept. 7, according to correspondents for the Kyiv Independent. Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said that air defense units were repelling a drone attack on the capital.

Debris from an intercepted drone landed in the yard of an apartment building in the city's Pechersk district, causing a fire, Popko said. The fire occurred in an open area covering 50 square meters and has been extinguished.

Popko later said that another fire broke out at a different address in the Pechersk district due to falling drone fragments. In total, debris landed near four different addresses in the district after the attack, he said.  

According to preliminary reports, falling debris also struck a kindergarten in the Dniprovsky district. Popko later clarified that the details of the Dniprovsky strike are still being investigated.

Emergency workers were dispatched to all attack sites. No casualties have been reported.

Air defense units intercepted all drones over the city, Popko said.

Russia launched a series of devastating missile and drone attacks against Ukraine's cities in the first week of September, hitting educational facilities and other civilian targets in Poltava, Sumy, Lviv, and Kryvyi Rih.

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