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Russian strike vehicles struck 24 locations, and downed debris fell on 16 locations, damaging railway, commercial, energy, port, telecommunications, and residential infrastructure in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr oblasts.

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The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian strike vehicles struck 24 locations and that downed debris fell on 16 locations. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck railway, commercial, energy, port, telecommunications, and residential infrastructure in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr oblasts.

A drone strike set fire to a house and the roof of a neighbouring building in the Bucha district.

Firefighters extinguished the fire, which covered an area of more than 300 sq m.

In the Solomianskyi district, missile “debris” fell into the courtyard of a residential building.

Klitschko also said an administrative building at an infrastructure facility was hit.

In the Solomyanskyi district, an administrative building of an infrastructure facility was hit. No fire.

A similar fake image was posted on the Telegram channel of Russian state TV presenter Olesya Loseva on Sept. 29. The post featured a bogus advertisement she claimed had been displayed in one of Kyiv's shopping centers.

Since late August, Russia has begun changing its drone tactics, replacing massive swarms with continuous launches against Ukrainian cities.

Kyiv has responded by introducing a two-tier siren system that allows some businesses to continue operating amid constant drone alerts.

Since August 27, 235 air alerts with a total duration of 261 hours were recorded in Kyiv, representing more than 10 days of continuous threat.

Kyiv police bomb disposal officers defused the warheads of two ballistic missiles in the Solomianskyi district. Both fell immediately next to residential buildings. Each warhead weighs about half a tonne.

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