Russia launches 107 drones at Ukraine, strikes Kyiv school with more than 100 students sheltering inside
Russia launched 107 drones at Ukraine overnight and into the morning of Oct. 1, killing one person and injuring others as strikes hit Kyiv, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions.
Ukraine's Air Force said 63 of the drones used in the attack were jet-powered. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 87 drones, while strikes were recorded at 11 locations and debris from intercepted drones fell at four others.
In Kyiv, a Russian drone struck a school in the Solomianskyi district on Wednesday morning while more than 100 students and about 60 staff members were inside a shelter, according to Kyiv police.
No one was reported injured at the school. The strike damaged its facade at the third-floor level and sparked a fire.
Elsewhere in Kyiv, a fire broke out in a 16-story residential building in the Solomianskyi district, while parked cars were also damaged. A large fire at a warehouse in the Obolonskyi district left one man injured.
In the southern Mykolaiv region, a 50-year-old man was killed in a morning drone attack on the Vesnianske community. A tractor was destroyed.
Russia also attacked Odesa, damaging infrastructure and injuring one person.
The Air Force said the attack was still ongoing as of 8 a.m., with several Russian drones remaining in Ukrainian airspace.
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