Kyiv hit by daytime drone attack, fire breaks out
Kyiv came under a Russian drone attack on the afternoon of August 30, sparking a fire in the Shevchenkivskyi district, while drone debris damaged a café building's facade in the Holosiivskyi district. No casualties have been reported so far.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that the capital was under attack from Russian drones during the day on August 30.
A fire broke out in a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, with emergency services working at the scene. At the same time, a medical crew was dispatched to respond to a call in the Holosiivskyi district.
An air raid alert sounded over Kyiv for about an hour and a half in the afternoon, with the Air Force reporting jet-powered drones flying toward the capital.
Klitschko later added that in the Holosiivskyi district, falling drone debris damaged the facade of a two-story building housing a café. There was no fire in that incident, and no injuries were reported.
No official information about casualties elsewhere in the city has been released so far.
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