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Russian drone attacks on Lviv and Cherkasy regions cause fires

Russian drone attacks on Lviv and Cherkasy regions cause fires Photo: fires broke out in Lviv and Cherkasy regions (facebook.com/LVIVDSNS)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Wreckage of downed Russian drones fell in Lviv and Cherkasy regions. As a result, fires broke out, according to the head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration Maksym Kozytskyi, and the head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration Ihor Taburets.

The air alert in the Lviv region lasted from 3:56 a.m. to 4:32 a.m. A single Shahed flew into the airspace of the region. Ukrainian Air Defense Forces destroyed the drone.

A fire broke out in one of the villages in the Lviv region around 4:30 a.m. as a result of the drone's wreckage. The building of a former collective farm caught fire. Rescuers quickly extinguished the fire.

3 cars (1 truck and 2 cars) were damaged in the attack, and windows in nearby residential buildings were smashed. No one was injured.

Russian drone attacks on Lviv and Cherkasy regions cause fires

Photo: Russian drone debris fell in Lviv region (facebook.com/LVIVDSNS)

Russian drone attacks on Lviv and Cherkasy regions cause fires

Photo: Russian drone debris fell in Lviv region (facebook.com/LVIVDSNS)

Russian drone attacks on Lviv and Cherkasy regions cause fires

Photo: Russian drone debris fell in Lviv region (facebook.com/LVIVDSNS)

According to the head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration, 13 Russian kamikaze drones were destroyed in the Cherkasy region overnight.

In 2 locations, fires broke out due to the fall of drone wreckage, and forest litter burned. The fires were extinguished. There were no casualties.

Russian night attack

On the night of September 20, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with kamikaze drones. The movement of Shaheds was recorded in many regions, namely Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Rivne, Lviv, Kirovohrad, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Sumy regions.

During the air raid, explosions were heard in the suburbs of Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Rivne.

Ukrainian Air Defense Forces were also operating in the Kyiv region.