Night Fires in Ukraine: Aftermath of the Russian Attack
On the night of April 24th, about 40 fires were extinguished in Ukraine due to a massive assault from Russia involving missiles and drones. In Zhytomyr region, a rescuer was injured due to a subsequent strike.
Source: Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on Telegram
Direct quote from the minister: "This night, DSNS rescuers worked to extinguish 40 fire outbreaks across 9 regions of the country. Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia were under a massive combined attack from Russia."
Kyiv suffered the most: rescuers operated at 13 locations... As of 7:30 AM, 9 fatalities had been recorded in the capital due to the Russian strike, with over 70 individuals injured.
Details: According to Klymenko, the rescue operations were carried out under the threat of further bombardments.
"In the Zhytomyr region, the enemy struck again at the DSNS unit that had arrived to extinguish the fire. A 39-year-old rescuer was injured," Klymenko concluded.
Background:
- On the night of April 24, Ukraine was subjected to a massive combined attack by Russian forces. Air defense systems were active.
- By 6 AM in the capital, there were reports of 9 dead and 63 injured, including 6 children and a pregnant woman. Hits on civilian infrastructure were also recorded.
- In the Kyiv region, 2 people were injured, and several residential five-story buildings, shops, warehouses, public transport stops, and vehicles were damaged due to the Russian combined attack.
- As a result of the combined attack across Ukraine, two railway workers were injured: a conductor in Zhytomyr and an engineer in Kyiv, while technical tracks and administrative buildings were also damaged in Kyiv and Kharkiv.
