Russian air attacks on four cities kill at least 5 as Ukraine downs 26/48 drones
Ukraine reports downing 26 of 48 Russian drones during the overnight assault. Russian strikes hit Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, Kherson resulting in multiple casualties.
Ukraine’s Air Force reports that Russian forces launched a combined attack using ballistic missiles and drones against multiple Ukrainian cities in the early hours of 29 October 2024. Russian bomb, drone, and missile strikes killed at least five and injures 24 civilians.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russians launched 48 Shahed-type and other unidentified UAVs from Orel and Kursk regions in Russia. The attack also included an Iskander-M ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih from Crimea. Air defense systems were active in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Poltava oblasts.
As of 9:00, Ukrainian defenses shot down 26 drones, 20 drones were “locationally lost” meaning crashed, and one returned to Russia. These figures suggest that at least one drone could have reached its target.
Kyiv City: six injured
Around 4:30, a drone debris crash in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district ignited several parked cars, a shop, and a commercial building. The State Emergency Service reported that six people were injured, with four receiving medical care, and one man hospitalized with leg injuries, State Emergency Service reported. Drone debris also fell in the Sviatoshynskyi district, damaging a three-story building.
Serhii Popko, head of Kyiv’s City Military Administration, stated that this was the 18th air attack on the capital since the start of October.
“The enemy does not intend to reduce the intensity of terror against Kyiv,” he noted.
Air alarms were declared twice, lasting over four hours.
Kharkiv City: four killed
In the early hours of 29 October, a Russian-guided bomb strike on the Osnovianskyi district of Kharkiv killed four civilians and destroyed two houses. Mayor Ihor Terekhov confirmed the use of a Grom-E1 hybrid guided missile. This weapon combines missile and glider technology for precision strikes.
Recent Russian attacks on Kharkiv have increasingly targeted residential areas, historical sites, and symbols of the city, such as the Derzhprom building, Terekhov noted. Derzhprom, the monument of architecture, was bombed earlier, overnight on 28 October, injuring seven civilians.
Kryvyi Rih: one killed, 10 injured
On the evening of 28 October, a Russian missile hit Kryvyi Rih, damaging a medical facility, vehicles, and a gas pipeline. The head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, Serhiy Lysak, reported that 11 people were injured in the attack. Two men are in critical condition, while five others are in moderate condition. One victim, a 39-year-old man, later died from severe brain injuries, according to Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul.
Kherson: eight injured
In Kherson, a 53-year-old man sustained explosive injuries during Russian artillery shelling on 29 October morning and was hospitalized. Seven additional injuries were reported following the attack in the Dnipro district, with all victims receiving medical care, as per the Kherson Oblast Military Administration.
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