Reuters. Drone footage from the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office showed massive destruction in a residential neighbourhood on Tuesday (October 29) after local officials reported a Russian bomb killed four in the area.
Reuters was able to confirm the location from the position, shape and design of the buildings and walls seen in the video which matched file and satellite imagery of the area. Reuters was able to confirm the location from official government officials.
In the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, a Russian missile struck a three-story residential building, killing one person and wounding at least 14, local authorities said on Tuesday (October 29).
Local police released video showing police and emergency services on site of strike with building on fire.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the location or the date when the video was filmed.
In Kyiv, falling debris from a destroyed Russian drone injured four people and set a residential building on fire, Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said. One of the people injured by debris in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district was taken to hospital, Klitschko further said on his Telegram channel.
A Reuters’ witness saw smoke rising over the district’s residential area, which is located in Kyiv’s west. Photos posted by Kyiv’s military administration on its Telegram channel showed a residential building and nearby cars burning in the dark.
The administration said Ukraine’s air defense units were trying to repel a Russian drone attack on the city and that drone debris fell also onto the Sviatoshynskyi district in Kyiv’s west, but there was no immediate reports of damage.
Moscow denies targeting civilians.