Russian drone attack on Kyiv kills four, triggers fires

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russian ⁠drones attacked targets ⁠in ‍Kyiv early on Friday, killing four people, injuring at least 19 and inflicting considerable damage ‍on dwellings and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.

Tymur Tkachenko, ​head of the capital's military administration and Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote ​on Telegram that four people had been killed in the strikes, which began just before midnight (2200 GMT). Klitschko said 19 people were ​injured, with 14 of them being treated in hospital.

One of the dead, Klitschko said, was an emergency medic ​who had arrived at a suburban apartment hit by two drones in ‌succession. Four members of the same crew were injured in that incident.

Two apartment buildings had been ​hit on the east bank ⁠of the Dnipro River, causing major damage, he said. In one building, an entire entrance ‌had been destroyed, and a high-rise building had also been badly damaged in a central district.

Klitschko said the attack "caused damage ‌to critical infrastructure, with disruptions to the water supply in some ‌districts".

Tkachenko said one drone had triggered a fire in a shopping centre, while another had fallen outside a medical facility. Both officials ‍said fires had broken out in several city districts.

An air alert was in effect ⁠in the capital for five hours.

Another Russian attack struck an infrastructure target in western Ukraine's Lviv region, officials there said on Friday.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Chris Reese, Michael Perry and Tom Hogue)

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