Russia Launches Widespread Overnight Attacks Across Six Ukrainian Regions

Russian forces launched overnight and early morning attacks across several Ukrainian regions on November 13, killing at least five people and injuring 18 others, including children, while damaging residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, and a hospital in Kyiv.

The attacks affected Kyiv, Odesa, Rivne, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Vinnytsia regions, with emergency responders conducting rescue operations, evacuating residents, and extinguishing fires at multiple locations.

In Kyiv, debris from a Russian drone struck a medical facility in the capital’s Shevchenkivskyi district, causing a fire and partially destroying the building’s second floor, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES).

One person was injured in the incident. Medical personnel evacuated 30 people to safety, while emergency responders rescued another seven individuals from the building.

Firefighters subsequently extinguished the blaze, the SES reported.

In the southern city of Odesa, Russian attacks killed two people and injured five others, according to the regional State Emergency Service.

The regional emergency service reported on November 13 that a single-story private residence was damaged and caught fire, while 11 passenger vehicles were also damaged.

According to the head of Odesa Regional Military Administration Oleh Kiper, the first strike damaged a private residential building and caused a fire, with no injuries initially reported.

However, a subsequent attack killed two people and injured five others. Additional private homes and vehicles were also damaged.

Further north, a Russian drone struck a multistory residential building in Rivne, injuring six people, including two teenagers aged 16 and 17.

According to the Rivne Regional Police, one of the injured was in serious condition, while officers evacuated more than 40 residents.

The region also experienced separate attacks during the night.

At approximately 2 a.m., Russian forces struck a private property in the Rivne district, destroying a vehicle in a fire and damaging nearby houses and a garage.

Around 4 a.m., another Russian attack targeted a business facility in the same district, triggering a fire that emergency responders later extinguished.

A 46-year-old man was hospitalized following the attacks, police reported.

In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, two Russian strikes on a residential neighborhood killed a 17-year-old boy and injured four other people, Co-Chair of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defense Council Ivan Fedorov reported.

Private residential buildings were also damaged in the strike.

Russian forces also attacked the Seredyna-Buda community in Sumy region’s Shostka district with an FPV drone during the night of November 13, killing two people.

Meanwhile, in the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, two women were injured in another Russian attack.

Vinnytsia Mayor Serhii Morhunov reported that both women were taken to hospitals for medical treatment.

The strike also caused a fire in a residential building, while the blast wave damaged private houses, apartment buildings, and a kindergarten.

The latest attacks come amid reports that Russian forces have introduced a new tactic involving jet-powered Shahed attack drones, allowing them to approach their targets with significantly less audible warning.

According to Ukrainian radio technology expert and presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov, who reported the development on November 12, Russian forces are switching off the drones’ engines shortly before impact, allowing the aircraft to glide toward their targets.

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