A massive missile and drone attack overnight on 30 September killed a child in Vyshhorod. Bucha district was also hit: private houses, cars and warehouses were damaged there.

This was reported by the head of the Kyiv regional military administration Tymur Tkachenko.

What was damaged in Bucha district

According to the administration, three private houses, 11 cars and two warehouses were damaged in Bucha district, and a fire broke out.

The attack also hit infrastructure sites in Bucha, Vyshhorod and Obukhiv districts. Emergency services are working at the scenes.

Earlier, on the evening of 29 September, the State Emergency Service of Kyiv region reported that a drone attack set a private house and an outbuilding on fire in the district. Rescuers and the local fire brigade put out a blaze covering 150 square metres.

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Rescuers put out a fire at a private house in Bucha district, 29 SeptemberPhoto: SES of Kyiv region
Rescuers put out a fire at a private house in Bucha district, 29 September
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A child killed in Vyshhorod

The worst damage was in Vyshhorod. A private house was destroyed there, and rescuers pulled three people from the rubble. A child is in acute stress, a man has shrapnel wounds to the head and a woman a leg injury.

Another child, born in 2012, was found under the rubble. According to the State Emergency Service of Kyiv region, rescuers tried to save the child but could not.

A fire in a destroyed house in Vyshhorod, 30 SeptemberPhoto: SES of Kyiv region
A fire in a destroyed house in Vyshhorod, 30 September

A private house and an outbuilding also caught fire in the town, and eight garages were destroyed. The number of damaged and destroyed cars is being established; all fires have been put out.

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A rescuer puts out a firePhoto: SES of Kyiv region
A rescuer puts out a fire
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What the enemy used

According to the Air Force, the attack lasted from 18:00 on 29 September. The enemy used Zircon/Onyx anti-ship missiles, Iskander-M and S-400 ballistic missiles, 188 Shahed-type attack drones — 86 of them jet-powered — as well as Gerbera drones and decoys.

Kyiv region was the main target. As of 08:00, air defence had shot down or suppressed 160 targets: 5 ballistic missiles and 155 drones. Hits were recorded at 18 locations.

Deaths in Kyiv

In the capital, according to the Kyiv city military administration, two people were killed and four injured. The aftermath was recorded in four districts: private houses burned in Sviatoshynskyi district and a shop in Obolon.

The attack continued into the morning. The administration urges people not to ignore air raid alerts and to stay in shelters until the all-clear.

As a reminder, on the evening of 28 September two people were pulled from the rubble after a drone strike in Bucha district.

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