Key points
- In Sloviansk, an air strike with an FAB-1500 bomb destroyed a historic sports facility.
- Dozens of apartment buildings and vehicles were damaged.
- In Sumy, a drone hit an industrial zone, with rescuers working under repeated strikes.
- In the Odesa region, drones caused fires at port infrastructure.
- In the Kyiv region, fires broke out as a result of the attack, with no reported casualties.
- In Dnipro, three people were injured and infrastructure was damaged.
On 15 April, around 5 a.m., Russian forces struck the centre of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region with an FAB-1500 aerial bomb. This was reported by the city mayor and head of the Sloviansk City Military Administration, Vadym Liakh.
A children’s sports facility, which was a historic landmark of the city, has been completely destroyed.
– Vadym Liakh.
One administrative building was also destroyed, while another was damaged. At least 39 apartment buildings and 15 vehicles in the city were affected.
At present, one person has been reported injured – a 57-year-old man. He is being prepared for transfer to a medical facility in Dnipro.
In Sumy, a Russian drone struck an industrial zone.
While firefighters were extinguishing the blaze at the site where rescue workers were operating, the enemy carried out a follow-up strike. Despite the constant threat from the air, all sources of fire were extinguished.
– State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
A few hours later, another strike hit the same location, after which rescuers extinguished the fire once again. No information about casualties has been reported.
Also overnight, the southern part of the Odesa region came under Russian attack. Strike drones caused fires at port infrastructure facilities.
Rescue services extinguished the blazes. No fatalities or injuries have been reported.
In the Kyiv region, a warehouse caught fire in the Bila Tserkva district as a result of a Russian attack, while in the Obukhiv district a private house was also affected, with a household outbuilding damaged.
Emergency services quickly extinguished the fires. No casualties were reported.
– State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
In Dnipro, a drone attack damaged an administrative building and a multi-storey residential building. Three people were injured.
Fires broke out in administrative buildings over an area of around 460 square metres. The blaze has been contained, and response efforts are ongoing.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the cities of Nikopol, as well as the Pokrovska and Chervonohryhorivka communities, also came under fire.
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