Russian strikes wound 20 in Kyiv, cut power across Ukraine
World Desk
Russian drone and missile attacks early Friday wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv, damaged residential buildings, and caused widespread blackouts across Ukraine, authorities said. In separate strikes in the southeast, a child was killed.
In Kyiv, rescue teams pulled more than 20 residents from a 17-story apartment building after flames engulfed the sixth and seventh floors. Five people were hospitalized, while others received first aid on site. Resident Tetiana Lemishevska described the attack: “The strike hit — it blew out the windows, and the glass flew almost all the way to the door. The fire spread quickly to other floors.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strikes targeted civilian and energy infrastructure ahead of winter, while Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko called it “one of the largest concentrated strikes” on Ukraine’s energy grid. Ukrenergo reported outages in Kyiv and regions including Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Cherkasy.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 465 strike and decoy drones along with 32 missiles; air defenses intercepted 405 drones and 15 missiles. In Zaporizhzhia, a 7-year-old boy was killed, and a hydroelectric plant was taken offline as a precaution.
