Man narrowly escapes Russian drone strike near Kyiv

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 17:37 · Archive

A man escaped a Russian drone strike on a children's playground in Kyiv's Bucha district on Thursday by seconds.

A man escaped a Russian Shahed drone strike on a children's playground in Sviatopetrivske, in Kyiv's Bucha district, on Thursday afternoon by seconds. Video footage shows him walking through the area while on his phone before glancing up and spotting the incoming drone. He immediately turned and sprinted for safety as it crashed behind him, obliterating the playground and sending fiery plumes of smoke and debris into the air.

Rescue workers rushed to a nearby nursery school and quickly extinguished the blaze. There were no reported casualties, with everyone else on site believed to have been sheltering at the time of the attack. The man escaped unharmed.

The incident comes amid an intensifying Russian aerial assault on Ukraine. Ukraine claimed to have obtained Russian documents setting out a strategy to hit civilian targets ahead of winter. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the goal was 'to pressure people to leave the capital, leave different cities'. A separate glide bomb attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 15 people including three children, officials said.

How it is being reported

• Seconds to spare: Video shows man narrowly escaping Russian drone strike near KyivIncredible CCTV footage shows a man escape a strike by a Russian drone by seconds.Metro · 10 Oct, 17:19
• Seconds from death: Moment Ukrainian sprints from path of incoming Russian drone before it lands yards away in huge fireball explosionThe drone struck a children's playground in Sviatopetrivske, in Kyiv's Bucha district, on Thursday afternoon, with the man managing to flee seconds before the massive explosion.Daily Mail · 9 Oct, 16:33

In this story: Russia · Ukraine · Kyiv · Bucha · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Zaporizhzhia

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