{"id":54170,"date":"2025-11-14T15:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-drone-slams-into-block-of-flats-in-deadly-wave-of-strikes-across-kyiv\/14\/11\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:32:10","slug":"russian-drone-slams-into-block-of-flats-in-deadly-wave-of-strikes-across-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-drone-slams-into-block-of-flats-in-deadly-wave-of-strikes-across-kyiv\/14\/11\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian drone slams into block of flats in deadly wave of strikes across Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Russian drone has slammed into a block of flats in eastern Kyiv, killing six people and wounding dozens of others, during a wave of strikes throughout the Ukrainian capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As emergency workers sifted through the wreckage in the Lisovyi area, one Kyiv resident called Vita described how the drone had pierced the building, exploding on the other side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, Ukraine stepped up its attacks on Russia&#8217;s oil infrastructure, with drone strikes on one of its biggest export terminals in Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fire broke out at the Sheskharis oil refinery, and a ship and a block of flats were hit, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev said three crew members and another man were hurt in the attack which damaged the main oil depot and a container terminal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mayor Andrei Kravchenko declared a state of emergency and Reuters reported that oil exports were suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had fired long-range &#8220;Long Neptune&#8221; cruise missiles during its attacks on Russia overnight, without specifying what they targeted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Kyiv fire service said the drone destroyed several floors of the entire block of flats [Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Condemning Russia&#8217;s overnight attacks as vile and calculated, Zelensky said about 430 drones and 18 missiles had been launched and dozens of high-rise buildings damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A drone attack on a market at Chornomorsk in the south of the country killed two people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Kyiv, residential buildings came under attack &#8220;in practically every district&#8221;, the head of the city&#8217;s military administration Tymur Tkachenko said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He issued a warning to take shelter a minute after midnight local time on Thursday night, writing &#8220;it&#8217;s loud in Kyiv&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fire service in the Lisovyi neighbourhood said later the drone had hit the seventh floor of the residential building. When it exploded all the floors &#8211; from the eighth down to the fourth &#8211; collapsed, a spokesman told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vita said she saw four bodies being pulled out of the apartment a few doors down from hers: &#8220;I saw it with my own eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two cranes hoisted emergency workers outside the block, as crews combed through the destroyed building, throwing broken sections of wall and shattered glass to the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Falling debris and fires damaged several high-rise apartment buildings, a hospital, school and administrative buildings, according to emergency services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 40 people were rescued, they added, including 14 from a fire in a residential building. Another person was rescued after being pulled from beneath the rubble, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kyiv&#8217;s energy infrastructure was badly hit, leaving some buildings in the capital without heat, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The attack was massive, with drones, with ballistic [missiles], with lots of air defence working,&#8221; Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko told the BBC. &#8220;Very often there was the feeling that your bed was just shaking together with the windows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Medical teams were deployed to all fires, officials said, while Mayor Vitali Klitschko said nine people were being treated in hospital with one man in an &#8220;extremely serious condition&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Workers clean up debris, outside an apartment building damaged during an overnight Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"931\" height=\"523\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/YiE2hLjtLm4.Ypo8Lf2yVw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUzOTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/1cade12e76c3c4741ecd3478a70d775f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Witnesses described how a Russian drone pierced the entire block of flats in Kyiv before exploding [Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine&#8217;s air force warned drones and guided bombs had been targeting several other regions, including Sumy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The overnight strikes follow the deaths of six people in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3xdg7xrv9o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:another Russian offensive less than a week ago;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">another Russian offensive less than a week ago<\/a> that also damaged residential buildings and energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia says its attacks on energy targets &#8211; now a familiar part of the war &#8211; are aimed at the Ukrainian military, although Kyiv has long rejected that claim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/three-killed-massive-russian-strikes-065839656.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian drone has slammed into a block of flats in eastern Kyiv, killing six people and wounding dozens of others, during<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-drone-slams-into-block-of-flats-in-deadly-wave-of-strikes-across-kyiv\/14\/11\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/3wugFaRz1V4zeJDqDRppyA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/536f41445b17f2ac0a83bd18f040dd50","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}