On Thursday evening, 18 September, two men were injured during an enemy drone attack on the Bucha district: both sustained shrapnel wounds and were taken to hospital. The attack also caused a fire in a warehouse in the district. The head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, reported this at about 22:00.

Warehouse premises were also damaged in the Boryspil district. Rescuers are working on site and dealing with the aftermath; the information, Tkachenko said, is being clarified. Where exactly in the district the strike landed and what warehouse was burning, the administration has not yet said.

How the evening went

The alert for the Bucha district came in waves this evening: all-clear at 20:31, a new yellow level — drone threat — at 20:54, all-clear at 21:55, and at 22:54 Kyiv region police declared a yellow level again. The attack Tkachenko reported fell in the window after 20:54.

It is the third attack on the district with consequences on the ground this week: on Tuesday night the region went through almost a day of continuous strikes — 33 damaged sites in four districts, Bucha among them, and a day earlier private houses and vehicles were damaged in the district. Then nobody was hurt; tonight they were.

What to do when a yellow level is declared

A yellow level means a drone threat: the siren is not a reason to look at the sky but a signal to go to a shelter or at least follow the “two walls” rule away from windows. If you are at work in a warehouse or a plant, follow the staff’s instructions; petrol stations in the region are already being connected to the air-awareness system so they can stop serving customers during a threat.

As a reminder, on 8 September drones already struck warehouses in the Bucha district, and at the start of the month a strike on Lisne killed two people.

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