Russia launches 149 drones at Ukraine, leaving Lutsk without power and seven injured
Russian forces launched 149 drones against Ukraine overnight on October 16, leaving the western city of Lutsk without electricity and injuring at least seven people in the Cherkasy and Volyn oblasts, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Ukraine's Air Force reported that 108 of the drones were jet-powered. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 114 drones, including 77 jet-powered ones, as of 9:30 a.m. local time.
The Air Force recorded 27 drone strikes across 24 locations, while debris from intercepted drones fell at another 14 sites. Several Russian drones remained in Ukrainian airspace when the report was issued.
Damage across Ukraine
In Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, Russian strikes sparked fires at three locations, including the balcony of a 10-story apartment building and a passenger car, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.
A strike also destroyed a security building at a residential complex. Rescuers pulled a man alive from beneath the rubble. Five people were injured in the attacks.
In Volyn Oblast, Russian forces attacked with approximately 20 jet-powered Shahed drones, damaging a private business in Manevychi. Two people were injured, while the whereabouts of five others remained unknown.
The regional capital, Lutsk, was left without electricity following the strikes. Municipal services switched to backup power supplies, acting mayor Andriy Razumovskyi said.
In Kyiv, Russian strikes on the evening of October 15 caused fires at a nonresidential building and a private house in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Firefighters extinguished blazes covering a total area of 190 square meters.
Another fire broke out in an outbuilding in the capital's Solomianskyi district overnight.
Civilian infrastructure, including a residential building, was also damaged in Rivne Oblast.
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