Russian drone strikes killed at least five civilians and injured 17 others across Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Khmelnytskyi regions late Saturday, Sept. 5, hitting residential areas, homes, and apartment blocks. In the Kharkiv region, a Russian jet-powered drone struck a private residential sector in central Chuhuiv late Saturday, killing three members of a family: a 45-year-old man, a 19-year-old woman, and an 11-year-old boy, according to Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov and the State Emergency Service (SES).JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The strike destroyed a private home, an outbuilding, and a garage, triggering fires. A woman was hospitalized in severe condition with critical injuries, while three others – a 28-year-old man and two 75-year-old women – suffered acute stress reactions.
In the Kyiv region, Russian drones targeted the village of Lisne in the Bucha district, setting two private houses ablaze, the SES reported. The strikes killed two people and injured one other, damaging five homes and three vehicles before emergency crews extinguished the fires.
In Zaporizhzhia, waves of Russian drone strikes hit residential homes and an administrative building late Saturday, injuring at least six people, Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Head Ivan Fedorov reported. The strikes ignited multiple building fires, with one elderly woman among the wounded.
