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Death toll due to Russia's night attack on Vinnytsia rises

Death toll due to Russia's night attack on Vinnytsia rises Russians attacked residential buildings in Vinnytsia region (facebook.com/MNS.GOV.UA)
Author: Maria Kholina

The death toll from a ninght drone attack in Vinnytsia region has risen, with one of the injured succumbing to injuries in the hospital, according to Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration head Serhii Borzov.

According to him, four people were hospitalized due to the Shahed drone strike on residential buildings. One person had died.

As of the morning of March 15, the death toll has risen to two.

"It just became known that a woman has died in the hospital," said the head of Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration.

Russians attacked residential buildings in Vinnytsia region (facebook.com/MNS.GOV.UA)

Russia's night attack

Since the evening of March 14, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been reporting the launch and movement of Russia's kamikaze drones. Air raid alerts were issued in several central, eastern, southern, and northern regions of the country.

Local authorities reported that in Vinnytsia region, the Russian Shahed drone hit a residential building. Initially, there were reports of three injured people who were taken to the hospital immediately.

Later, the head of Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration reported one fatality and four injured people.

Overall, according to the data of the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russians launched 27 kamikaze drones across Ukraine on the night of March 15. The air defense forces destroyed all Shahed drones.