One injured and warehouse ablaze due to Russian drone attack on Kyiv

Russian forces attacked the city of Kyiv with jet-powered drones on the night of 15-16 September, causing a fire at a warehouse in the Sviatoshynskyi district.

Source: Kyiv City Military Administration; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Quote from Kyiv City Military Administration: "A warehouse has caught fire in the Sviatoshynskyi district as a result of an enemy attack. The appropriate services are working to deal with the aftermath."

Details: An air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv at 05:05 as a Russian jet-powered UAV approached the city.

Information is being gathered about the area affected by the fire, the extent of the damage and possible casualties.

Update: Klitschko said that one person had been injured when UAV debris landed on the warehouse in the Sviatoshynskyi district in the morning.

"The person has been taken to hospital by medics," he wrote.

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