Russian troops on the evening of October 29 struck a drone at a dormitory of one of the vocational and technical educational institutions in Dnipro. As a result of the hit, a major fire broke out in the building, engulfing the premises of the upper floor.
This was reported by head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Alexander Ganzha and Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov.
According to Filatov, the fire engulfed the entire fifth floor of the dormitory. Ganzha specified that after the drone hit, several rooms on the upper floor of the building caught fire.
According to preliminary information from the regional administration, there were no casualties. At the time of the attack, people were in shelter, which helped avoid victims.
Information on the final extent of destruction and damage to the building is being clarified.
This is not the first Russian attack on Dnipro on October 29. Earlier on Thursday, a Russian jet drone struck the railway station, where a passenger train on the Dnipro — Zaporizhzhia route was located.
According to the latest data from the Oblast Military Administration, 14 people died as a result of the strike on the station, and another 14 were injured. Six of the injured are in serious condition, including an 11-year-old child.
In the evening, Ganzha reported that during the day Russian troops attacked four districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast almost 40 times with drones and artillery. In addition to the railway station and the dormitory, an enterprise was damaged in Dnipro. In total, 18 people were injured across the oblast during the day.
