Key facts
- Three people were killed and 20 injured in Russian drone attacks in Lutsk and Rivne on Oct. 14.
- Drone wreckage in Lutsk caused a warehouse fire, killing two people.
- A third person died from injuries sustained in the Lutsk drone attack.
- Eight people, including a child, were injured in a drone crash in Rivne.
- Russia launched 39 missiles and 128 drones at Ukraine overnight.
- Ukraine's Air Force neutralized 4 ballistic missiles and 115 drones.
Russian drone attacks on cities in Ukraine's western Volyn and Rivne oblasts on the morning of Oct. 14 killed three people and injured 20 others, regional authorities reported. Wreckage from a drone strike in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, caused a fire at the 'Eurogroup' warehouse, killing two people at the scene and injuring 10 others. A third person injured in the incident later died in hospital, according to regional governor Roman Romaniuk. Elsewhere in Lutsk, drone wreckage damaged a nine-story residential building, injuring two people, including a child. In Rivne, a Russian drone crashed into the city, injuring eight people, including a child born in 2012, according to the regional military administration. The attack also damaged the roofs of two residential buildings, several windows, and four cars. Since midnight, air raid alerts had been issued six times in Volyn Oblast, as Russia hammered Ukraine with ballistic missiles and drones. President Zelensky said Russia struck Ukraine with 39 missiles, including Iskander-M, KN-23, S-400, Zircon, and Onyx missiles, and 128 Shahed-type UAVs, including 77 jet-powered ones. Ukraine's Air Force stated it neutralized four ballistic missiles and 115 Russian drones overnight. Russian attacks have struck several locations in western Ukraine, distant from the front line, over the past day. On Oct. 13, a Russian drone struck a university building in the northwestern city of Rivne, injuring 25 people, Rivne's National Police branch said. In Lviv Oblast, Russian drone attacks injured three people over the past day, said regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi.