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Residential buildings damaged in Kyiv and Odesa after nighttime attack, 24 people injured
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In Kyiv and Odesa on the night of September 17, residential buildings were damaged as a result of a Russian attack. Twenty-four people were injured, including four children.
In Kyiv, the residents of a 16-story building in the Dniprovskyi district, which was damaged during the attack, were hit hardest. The National Police of Ukraine said that in the Dniprovskyi, Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi, and Podilskyi districts, warehouses, administrative, office, and non-residential buildings, as well as a kindergarten, were also damaged.
One of the targets of the attack was the Kyivvodokanal office. After the strike, water supply to the left bank was partially suspended in the city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported 18 injured in the capital, including children aged 10 and 12.
In Odesa, a 19-story residential building was hit, and six people were injured, including two children, said the head of the city's military administration, Serhii Lysak. In another district, a private house was destroyed, another was damaged, and city infrastructure was also affected.
According to Ukrzaliznytsia, Russian drones struck the station building in Berestyn, Kharkiv region, and the Nikolska Slobidka ring commuter rail station in Kyiv. Because of this, Kyiv City Express is temporarily running on a shortened route, bypassing the Darnytsia — Pochaina section, and the company expects to restore service during the day.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that overnight Ukrainian troops recorded an attack by 157 strike drones, as well as anti-ship, ballistic, and cruise missiles. Air defense forces shot down 131 targets, while missile and drone impacts were recorded at 36 locations, and falling debris was reported at five locations.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that as a result of the nighttime attack, enterprises of the metallurgical and radio-electronic industries, Ukraine's military-industrial complex, energy and transport infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa region, as well as naval vessels “used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, were “hit”.

