Russian drones hit Hostomel warehouse, injuring four including child
A Russian drone strike on Hostomel in Kyiv Oblast wounded four people, among them an eight-year-old girl.
Russian unmanned aircraft bombarded the town of Hostomel in Kyiv Oblast on Oct. 2, targeting a warehouse that supplies pharmaceuticals and igniting nearby facilities. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, reported that two adult men and one woman sustained multiple injuries, and an eight-year-old girl was hit by shrapnel in her lower limb. One of the injured individuals required hospitalization, though officials have not yet detailed the severity of all wounds.
The strike also damaged a warehouse belonging to Venta LTD, Ukraine’s third-largest drug distributor, according to one outlet sources. Earlier that day, a separate drone hit Kyiv’s Southern Bridge over the Dnipro River, marking the fourth bridge attack in two days as Russia intensifies its campaign around the capital.
Why it matters
The attack shows Russia’s continued targeting of civilian infrastructure and raises concerns for public health supplies.
How this story developed
- Sep 1 Russia multiplies jet-powered Shahed drone strikes fivefold in one month
- Sep 20 Officials reported that 249 unmanned aircraft were intercepted in the latest wave of attacks.
- Sep 21 Election commission chair Ella Pamfilova said preliminary results will be announced Monday at 11 hours (10 hours in Paris).
- Sep 21 Russia's defence ministry said it will increase the frequency and precision of its strikes on Kyiv.
- Sep 21 Partial results show United Russia holding at least 338 of the 450 Duma seats.
- Sep 21 The Quai d’Orsay condemns holding the vote in the occupied territories of Crimea and the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, calling it a violation of international law and the UN Charter and stating Fran
- Sep 25 Ukrainian commanders announced further territorial gains around Lyman since the initial report.
- Sep 27 Operators now use Discord to coordinate the robots with drones.
- Sep 28 Poland’s Government Security Center warned residents of Lublin Voivodeship of a possible air attack following a Russian strike on western Ukraine, while Polish air forces began patrolling national airspace.
- Sep 28 Ukrainian forces announced the latest village recaptures as part of Operation Vivaldi’s third phase.
- Sep 29 The assaults involved missiles and roughly 190 drones targeting Kyiv's communication and energy facilities, as well as critical sites in Zjytomyr, Mykolajiv, Kirovohrad, Rivne, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Tsjerkasy. Officials reported multiple deaths, among them a child, and a number of injuries across the country. Power outages affected thousands of households, but DTEK engineers restored electricity to about 8,000 homes. Neighboring NATO members Romania and Poland deployed fighter jets to patrol their airspace during the attacks.
- Oct 2 Russian drones struck Kyiv’s Southern and Paton bridges and a residential block in Darnytskyi district.
- Oct 2 Vladimir Poutine a décidé d’agir « sans plus aucune règle » contre des cibles civiles, affirme Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Oct 3 A new drone impact occurred near the Yahodyn crossing.
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