Blaze erupts at Poltava factory after overnight Russian drone strike
Photo: Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze (DSNS.GOV.UA)
Poltava region came under attack from enemy drones overnight on September 17, sparking a fire on the open grounds of an industrial facility, informs the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration (RMA), Volodymyr Kohut.
"Air defense was active in the Poltava region last night. As a result of falling debris from an enemy UAV, a fire broke out on the open territory of one of the enterprises in Poltava district," the RMA head wrote.
According to him, firefighting units of the State Emergency Service quickly contained the blaze. No casualties were reported.
Russia's overnight drone attacks on September 17
Russian forces again targeted Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) with drones overnight, which caused train delays on the Dnipro route.
That same night, drones also struck the Kirovohrad region, damaging infrastructure and triggering widespread power outages in the area and its administrative center.
In the Cherkasy region, explosions were heard after an air raid alert, damaging local infrastructure facilities.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian FPV drone hit a minibus, injuring one person.
As reported earlier, on the previous night, a drone strike ignited an Epicentr logistics hub in the Kyiv region, setting the company's distribution center ablaze.
