Russian strike on Vyshhorod: Number of victims surges, children among injured
Photo: The number of victims of the attack on Vyshhorod has increased significantly (Getty Images)
Russian forces, late in the evening of November 29, attacked Vyshhorod in the Kyiv region with strike drones. As a result of the attack, 19 people were injured, 11 of them hospitalized, according to the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Mykola Kalashnyk.
“The number of those injured as a result of the enemy attack in Vyshhorod has increased to 19. Among them are four children,” Kalashnyk noted.
According to him, 11 people have been hospitalized. People sustained injuries of varying severity, including burns, shrapnel wounds, limb injuries, and poisoning from combustion products. All necessary assistance is being provided. He also added that one man was killed.
“The fire in the high-rise building has been extinguished. Psychologists are working. All services are on site. Together with local authorities, we are arranging temporary accommodation for the evacuated people,” he added.
Two other high-rise buildings, 14 private houses, an enterprise, and seven vehicles were damaged after the strike.
Russian forces during the night attacked Ukraine with Iskander-M ballistic missiles and strike drones of various types. Most of the enemy targets were destroyed by air defense forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 9 a.m. (Kyiv time), air defense shot down or suppressed 104 enemy drones of the Shahed, Gerbera, and other types in the north, south, and east of the country.
Hits from ballistic missiles and 18 strike drones were also recorded at 13 locations, as well as the fall of downed enemy targets at two locations.
Explosions were heard overnight in the Kyiv and Odesa regions, as well as in the Sumy region and several communities of the Chernihiv region.
