Communications facility catches fire in Dnipro after strike as drones move west

Russian forces struck central Dnipro on the morning of October 4. The attack hit a communications company facility, according to Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration.

Emergency services were working at the site. No deaths or injuries had been reported in Dnipro, while a large fire broke out in the building.

Ukraine’s Air Force said jet-powered drones were moving over Vinnytsia and Khmelnytskyi regions.

Overnight attack damage

Russia launched 135 attack drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said, adding that 123 were shot down. A building caught fire in Kyiv after a strike.

Six private homes, vehicles, a church, a primary school, a cafe and a hospital were damaged in Kyiv region’s Boryspil district. The regional administration said there were no deaths or injuries.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said one person was killed and six injured in strikes on Sumy, Kirovohrad and Kherson regions. Separately, Sumy regional administrator Oleh Hryhorov said five guided aerial bombs were directed at the Sumy community that morning and at least five people were injured.

Damage reported across regions

The Dnipropetrovsk regional administration said the region had been attacked by drones more than 10 times over the previous day. A minibus was damaged in Nikopol district, an enterprise in Pavlohrad district, and a fire broke out in Kryvyi Rih district.

In Kherson region, Russian forces used aircraft, drones and artillery against critical and social infrastructure, residential areas, private homes and vehicles. The regional administration reported two injuries.

Russian Belgorod regional governor Oleksandr Shuvaev said six people, including two children and a teenager, were injured in Belgorod after a Ukrainian drone raid. He said three of them were in serious condition; Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed that 559 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight.