KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck a nine-story apartment building in Kyiv early Thursday, killing one person and injuring seven, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Klitschko said the strike set fire to the third through sixth floors of the building in the Solomianskyi district. He reported partial destruction around the fifth floor as emergency crews worked at the site.
In his latest update at 8:43 a.m. local time, the mayor said the number of injured had risen to seven. Medical workers treated all seven at the scene.
Reuters reported that its witness heard explosions in Kyiv during the early hours of Thursday. The news agency published photographs showing damage to the apartment building.
Russia claims military targets
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces carried out what it called a massive overnight attack on military factories across Ukraine. It claimed the targets included a rocket factory in Kyiv, a drone assembly workshop and a missile-fuel factory in the surrounding region.
The ministry also said Russian forces struck electricity substations in the western Zhytomyr region. Those claims could not be independently verified.
A Ukrainian local official said the strikes damaged energy and civilian infrastructure in the northwestern Rivne region, according to Reuters.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air defenses intercepted five Ukrainian drones headed toward the capital. Russia’s Defense Ministry said 71 Ukrainian drones were downed nationwide overnight; Reuters could not independently verify those figures.