Russian drone smashes into Kyiv school, no injuries, officials say
Officials said 100 students were present and no injuries were reported after the strike sparked a fire and damaged the third floor.
- On Thursday, October 1, a Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, sparking a fire on the third floor. Children and staff sheltered inside were unharmed; firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.
- Russian forces launched about 2,000 jet-powered drones in September as part of an intensifying campaign targeting critical infrastructure. Presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov reported Moscow deployed new shaped-charge warheads designed to sever high-voltage pylons and bridge structures.
- Two drones struck near the Pivdennyi Bridge's support structure as a metro train crossed, forcing authorities to halt traffic temporarily. Officials confirmed no passengers were injured despite the strike damaging bridge infrastructure.
- Strikes across Ukraine killed seven people and injured 24, according to official reports from the day's attacks. President Volodymyr Zelensky called the assault a "new escalation of terror" and said Ukraine was strengthening air defenses.
- Across 11 regions, grid operator Ukrenergo introduced emergency blackouts following equipment overload from the aerial strikes. Analysts warn the campaign targets Ukraine's power grid ahead of winter, aiming to degrade energy security as temperatures fall.
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Russian armed forces also attacked the southern bridge in Kiev on Thursday.
For the second day in a row, a key bridge over the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been hit by Russian drones.
In a conversation at a school just bombed this Thursday, the president says Moscow is looking for “the Ukrainians to leave the capital”
Russia launched its first attack using jet-powered drones on the strategic 'Southern Bridge' on the Dnieper River east of Kyiv, aiming to cripple Ukraine's energy supplies and infrastructure just before winter.
A qualitative Russian escalation of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, is a major bridge, a nuclear research facility and energy facilities, amid Ukrainian fears of a new campaign targeting infrastructure and exacerbating the winter crisis.
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