During an air raid, a Russian drone hit a residential area in Khmelnytskyi. This was stated by the head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Tiurin, as reported by RBC-Ukraine citing the official's Telegram channel. According to him, the strike directly targeted the residential sector of the regional center, causing damage to both private and multi-apartment residential buildings.
Damage in the residential sector
As a result of the strike, as well as the blast wave and drone debris, private residential houses were damaged. In multi-story buildings, according to regional authorities, windows were blown out. Tiurin did not specify the exact number of structures damaged, limiting his statement to confirming the fact of damage to the housing stock within the impact zone.
One casualty
As a result of the enemy strike, according to the head of the RMA, one person was injured. Medical assistance was provided promptly on the spot, and the victim did not require hospitalization. Thus, at the time of publication of the statement, no deaths had been reported from this specific strike.
Context: a series of attacks on the region
The strike on the residential area of Khmelnytskyi occurs against the backdrop of ongoing attacks on the region. On the night of October 14, 2026, Russia, according to Ukrainian authorities, destroyed the last major Epicenter logistics center in Khmelnytskyi: throughout the day, the facility was attacked ten times, causing five large-scale fires, the extinguishing of which was hindered by about three dozen enemy drones in the sky. In addition, on September 24, 2026, a drone strike damaged a high-rise building in Khmelnytskyi during a mass Shahed drone attack on the region, which also included jet-powered drones.
What is visible in the images
Accompanying footage captures the flight of a winged drone over the city against the backdrop of trees and urban infrastructure, which corresponds to the description of drone attacks over Khmelnytskyi. Tiurin's statement did not specify the exact model of the aircraft or the precise time of the current strike.
