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Russian drone strikes damaged commercial, transportation, residential, energy, rail, and industrial infrastructure in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, and Volyn oblasts.

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Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck commercial, transportation, residential, energy, rail, and industrial infrastructure in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, and Volyn oblasts.

Russian forces attacked the city of Kyiv with jet-powered drones on the night of 15-16 September, causing a fire at a warehouse in the Sviatoshynskyi district.

Russian forces struck Kyiv with jet-propelled drones overnight on September 16.

Warehouse facilities caught fire in Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district as a result of a drone attack.

No casualties have been reported so far.

This gap has been exploited in recent weeks by Russia, with repeated strikes against civilians in Kyiv and the destruction of cultural heritage — all war crimes.

A Russian drone attack on Kyiv early Wednesday, Sept. 16, sparked a fire at a warehouse in the capital’s Sviatoshynskyi district, Ukrainian authorities reported.

Russian drones destroyed a storage room at the Kvartal 95 studio where props, costumes, and decorations were kept.

On the morning of Wednesday, September 16, a Russian attack completely destroyed a warehouse belonging to the Olena Zelenska Foundation in Kyiv.

The warehouse held humanitarian aid that the Foundation had purchased and received from partners for delivery to children, families and institutions in various regions of Ukraine.

The destroyed supplies included generators, household appliances, laptops, tablets, e-readers, medical equipment and much more.

No one was injured in the attack.

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