Guard killed in Russian Shahed drone attack on Ivano-Frankivsk

- 9 October, 00:18
Ambulance. Stock photo: Getty Images

A man was killed on the evening of 8 October when debris from a drone fell on an office building in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk.

Source: Ivano-Frankivsk Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv; Svitlana Onyshchuk, Head of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Military Administration

Details: Onyshchuk said that air defence forces had been responding in the area. A fire broke out in Ivano-Frankivsk after debris from a downed drone fell.

Quote from Martsinkiv: "Ivano-Frankivsk has come under attack by a Shahed drone. Unfortunately, the debris has damaged an outbuilding. Sadly, a civilian has been killed – a security guard who was guarding the building."

Background:

  • At 22:41, Ukraine's Air Force warned that a Russian drone was approaching Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, after which an air-raid warning was issued in districts across the oblast.
  • At around 23:00, residents of Ivano-Frankivsk heard explosions.
  • At 23:14, the all-clear was given in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

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