A Russian strike drone hit a residential high-rise building in Cherkasy during a massive overnight aerial assault, injuring 11 civilians and causing widespread fires across multiple floors.
The attack occurred as part of a highly destructive, coordinated nationwide offensive involving cruise missiles, strike drones, and ballistic platforms launched by Russian forces across several Ukrainian regions.
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Cherkasy Regional Military Administration Head Ihor Taburets confirmed that the unmanned aerial vehicle targeted a densely populated residential sector.
The direct impact on the high-rise building triggered an intense, fast-moving structural fire that spread rapidly through apartments from the fifth to the ninth floors. State Emergency Service (DSNS) firefighters managed to completely contain and extinguish the 400-square-meter blaze despite facing repeating air raid warnings and subsequent threat alerts during the operation.
First responders pulled nine trapped civilians from the burning upper floors of the building, while DSNS psychologists provided emergency trauma counseling to 34 residents at the scene. Out of the 11 documented casualties, two were confirmed to be children.
While the majority of the victims received immediate medical treatment on-site for minor cuts and smoke inhalation, emergency crews rushed three severely injured individuals to a local hospital for specialized care. Following the rescue operation, military pyrotechnic squads conducted a thorough sweep of the property to clear any unexploded drone submunitions or hazardous debris.
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