State Emergency Service of Ukraine
In the village of Novoplatonivka, Borivska community, Kharkiv region, terrorists attacked a private house. The attack killed an elderly couple who were in the house.
An artificial lake formed on a tributary of the Bystryk River in the Carpathians, flooding part of the valley.
8 people are in hospital. The condition of the victims is assessed as moderate, one person underwent surgery.
Rescuers have completed work to eliminate the consequences of enemy air strikes in Zaporizhzhia. The attack injured 8 people, including 2 children, and damaged building facades and windows.
The State Emergency Service calls for compliance with safety rules when using heating devices, as well as for monitoring the level of carbon monoxide in the room.
Russian troops attacked an ambulance with a drone in Stanislav, Kherson region. The occupiers clearly saw that they were attacking medical transport, and this is not the first such case.
A fire broke out on the 8th floor of a high-rise building in the capital. Rescuers evacuated five people from the upper floors due to heavy smoke, no casualties or injuries were reported.
On the night of October 17, the wreckage of downed Russian drones fell on an agricultural warehouse in Kyiv region, causing a fire. Rescuers extinguished the fire, and there were no casualties or injuries.
On the night of October 17, two UAVs were neutralized by electronic warfare in Khmelnytsky region. According to the head of the RMA, there were no casualties or damage, and the public is urged to be careful with suspicious objects.
An accident involving a VAZ car and a KamAZ truck occurred in the Nizhyn district of Chernihiv region. The collision killed four people - a married couple and their two young children.
In Mykolaiv region, three adults were hospitalized with signs of mushroom poisoning. The victims had been picking mushrooms in the forest and eating them, and their condition is assessed as severe to moderate.
A large-scale fire broke out in Ternopil region as a result of a nighttime Russian attack on an industrial facility. Rescuers quickly localized and extinguished the fire, and there were no casualties.
A fire broke out in the warehouse of a sawmill on the territory of a bus plant in Lviv. The fire covered 1,500 square meters, and 88 rescuers in 17 vehicles were engaged to extinguish it. No one was injured.
Rescuers continue to fight a peat bog fire in Chernihiv district. Over the past day, fires have been extinguished on 11 hectares, and another 20 hectares remain to be extinguished. The SES reminds of the danger of careless handling of fire.
A fire broke out in the frontline village of Kivsharivka in the Kharkiv region as a result of a Russian strike. Eight garages and a car burned down, 50 garage boxes were damaged, and the total area of the fire was over 240 square meters.
Three people were injured as a result of hostile shelling of the town of Selidove in Donetsk region. The injured were evacuated to the village of Petrivka and then transported to the village of Shevchenko for medical care.
A fire broke out in Kyiv's Comfort Town residential complex on an area of 5 square meters. Rescuers localized the fire in half an hour, but the information about an explosion has not been confirmed.
In Zaporizhzhia, a Honda car sank into the ground with its front wheels, which had sagged after repair work on a water supply system. Rescuers used special equipment to free the car, involving 2 vehicles and 8 people.
Three lost tourists were found near Mount Shpytsia in Ivano-Frankivsk region. A Kyiv resident with suspected appendicitis was evacuated during a tourist trip in Zakarpattia.
In the village of Mylovydivka, Kremenchuk district, 10 pigs died due to African swine fever. Quarantine was introduced in three villages and a surveillance zone was established in other settlements of the district.
On October 11, the occupiers conducted an air strike on Kostyantynivka, damaging the fire and rescue unit. The blast wave smashed out windows and doors, damaged the roof and garage gates, but the personnel were not injured.
In Dergachi, Kharkiv region, two men received shrapnel wounds while trying to disassemble an explosive object. The SES urges citizens to be careful and not to touch suspicious objects.
A restaurant complex in the village of Romankiv, Kyiv region, caught fire at night, covering an area of 2000 square meters. The fire was extinguished, 13 buildings were saved, there were no casualties, and the cause is under investigation.
Russian occupants conducted an air strike on the residential sector of Kupyansk. As a result of the attack, 2 private houses and 2 outbuildings caught fire, 1 person was killed and 5 were injured.
In Mykolaiv region, a shepherd was grazing cattle on a mined field, resulting in 4 cows being injured. The SES sappers found a PMN-2 anti-personnel mine at the site.
Switzerland will host an international conference on mine action in Ukraine. About 60 countries and organizations have confirmed their participation in the event, which will take place on October 17-18 in Lausanne.
Four vehicles collided on the Kyiv-Chop highway, killing three people. The police are investigating, and rescuers have unblocked the victims from the mangled cars.
A nighttime ballistic missile attack in Odesa district killed 4 people, including a 16-year-old girl. 10 people were injured, 4 were rescued from the rubble.
In the Volyn region, a 2-year-old boy put a pot on his head while playing and was unable to take it off. The rescuers used metal scissors to carefully cut the pot and free the child.
In Sofiyivska Borshchahivka, an explosion occurred on the 9th floor of a residential complex, which led to a fire. The building burned down completely, there were no casualties. Police and the State Emergency Service are working at the scene to establish the cause of the incident.