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Russia hits Kyiv with jet-powered Shahed UAVs, major warehouse fire in Sviatoshynskyi district extinguished

Nation

16 September, 04:57 PM

Russia continued attacking Kyiv overnight and into the morning of Sept. 16 with jet-powered drones, while emergency crews later extinguished a large fire at warehouse buildings in the city’s Sviatoshynskyi district.

By 1:40 p.m., rescue workers had extinguished the large warehouse fire in the Sviatoshynskyi district.

According to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, the fire had spread to neighboring premises, but it has now been fully put out.

Reuters published footage showing the massive fire that broke out at the warehouses in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district earlier in the morning.

Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko

17 sites were damaged in Kyiv Oblast over the past day and this morning, according to regional military governor Tymur Tkachenko, who reported on the aftermath of the continued Russian drone attacks on the region.

“Fallout was recorded in the Bila Tserkva, Boryspil, Brovary, Bucha, and Obukhiv districts,” Tkachenko said.

According to him, the damage affected private homes, vehicles, a municipal institution, and hangar and production facilities.

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