Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv, Rivne, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Vinnytsia overnight; one killed, children among injured

In brief

• Russian drones struck several Ukrainian regional centers overnight and early on 13 November.
• In Kyiv, a medical institution caught fire and one person was injured; 37 people were evacuated.
• In Rivne, six people were injured, including two children; in Zaporizhzhia, a 17-year-old died.
• The Air Force reported 117 drones launched overnight.

Kyiv: fire at a medical facility

In the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, debris from a Russian drone fell on a medical institution and started a fire, the State Emergency Service (DSNS) reported (Нічна атака РФ на Україну: в Києві горіла лікарня, в Рівному постраждали діти – Espreso). The second floor of the six-storey building was partly destroyed. Staff evacuated 30 people, and rescuers brought out seven more. One person was injured and taken to hospital, and the blaze was put out (Пациентов спасали медики и пожарные. В Киеве обломки БПЛА повредили Институт травматологии в центре столицы, там вспыхнул пожар — фоторепортаж – NV). Images released by the DSNS and Reuters show damage to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics.

Rivne: children among the wounded

A Russian drone hit a multi-storey residential building in Rivne, starting fires in two apartments (В Україні зрання лунають вибухи: "прильоти" одразу у кількох містах, є загиблі та поранені — що відомо (фото, відео) – TSN). Six people were injured, two of them children, the DSNS said (Росія вдарила по кількох обласних центрах: є загиблий, серед поранених - діти – UNIAN). Rescuers evacuated 42 residents with other services. Rivne regional governor Oleksandr Koval said repair work, including installing windows, would begin in the morning. Separately, a garage and a car caught fire in Zdolbuniv, in Rivne region, and no casualties were reported there.

Zaporizhzhia: one man killed

In Zaporizhzhia, a 17-year-old boy died in the strike, according to the regional authorities.

Odesa and Vinnytsia

In Odesa, Russia struck the city twice in the morning. The death toll rose to two, and five more people were hospitalised. Private homes and passenger cars were damaged, and rescuers were still working at the scene, regional governor Oleh Kiper said (РФ зрання двічі вдарила по Одесі: загинули люди, постраждалі у важкому стані – деталі – TSN). In Vinnytsia, two women aged 54 and 22 were injured, and two fires broke out at separate locations; private homes were damaged and windows were broken in several apartment blocks.

Scale of the attack

The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched 117 drones overnight, including 63 Shahed-type jet-powered drones, Gerbera drones and decoys known as Parodiya, launched from Russia and occupied Crimea. Air raid alerts were declared in several regions.

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