Russian drone attack in Kyiv damages apartment building, injures 6

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Russia attacked Kyiv with drones overnight on Oct. 29, injuring six people, authorities reported.

Debris from a Russian drone hit a 9-story apartment building in Kyiv's Solomyanskyi district in the early hours of Oct. 29, depressurizing a gas pipe, the Kyiv City Military Administration said.

A fire spread to a nearby shop and cars, and the gas supply was shut off.

Six people were wounded, one of whom was hospitalized with a serious leg injury. According to Ukraine's State Emergency Service, 15 people were evacuated from the site.  

Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said the drone strike marks the 18th aerial attack against the city since the beginning of October.

Falling drone debris on Oct. 29 also caused damage to windows in a 3-story administrative building in the city's Sviatoshynskyi district.

Russia has intensified aerial attacks against Ukraine's densely populated cities. Other Russian strikes on Oct. 28-29 targeted Kharkiv and Kryvyi Rih, killing several people and injuring over 20.

A drone strike against Kyiv on Oct. 25 hit a multi-story building, killing a teenage girl.

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