Drone attack on Kyiv: fire in a residential building in the Solomianskyi district, a woman killed

Fire in a residential building after a drone strike

In Kyiv, after an attack by Russian drones, part of a nine-story residential building in the Solomianskyi district caught fire. Thick black smoke poured from shattered windows, firefighters battled the blaze, and rescuers evacuated residents from the damaged building, while alarmed onlookers gathered outside. This was reported by Euronews, which published footage from the scene.

Casualties and the work of rescuers

From the sixth floor, one of the residents trapped in her apartment shouted down to rescuers, begging them to put out the fire that had engulfed her home. Despite the dense smoke and serious structural damage, firefighters continued their work while authorities assessed the scale of the destruction. According to Euronews, a 44-year-old woman was killed in the attack, and seven more people were injured.

The overall scale of the strikes on November 12

The attack on the Kyiv building was part of a broader wave of strikes across Ukraine on November 12: according to the outlet, a total of 10 people were killed that day. An assessment of the full damage from the fire in the Solomianskyi district was not provided at the time of publication.