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Ukrainian Firefighters Extinguish Their Own Truck After 'Precise' Drone Strike
- By RFE/RL
Amid massive Russian strikes on cities across Ukraine, one group of firefighters was forced to battle a blaze engulfing their own vehicle after what they claim was a targeted drone strike.
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A Ukrainian firefighter attempts to extinguish a blaze that destroyed a fire truck on November 24.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service claimed the vehicle was struck by a Russian drone as firefighters were responding to the aftermath of a strike on the northeastern city of Sumy.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service claimed the vehicle was struck by a Russian drone as firefighters were responding to the aftermath of a strike on the northeastern city of Sumy.
![The firefighting truck burns after the alleged strike.Ukraine's State Emergency Service said the truck was hit as crews were arriving at the site of a Russian drone strike in Sumy. "At exactly at this moment, when the [firefighting] units were working, the enemy carried out another drone attack," the service said in a statement.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7cea5441-5fa3-43fa-9967-08de2bf674ef_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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The firefighting truck burns after the alleged strike.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service said the truck was hit as crews were arriving at the site of a Russian drone strike in Sumy. "At exactly at this moment, when the [firefighting] units were working, the enemy carried out another drone attack," the service said in a statement.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service said the truck was hit as crews were arriving at the site of a Russian drone strike in Sumy. "At exactly at this moment, when the [firefighting] units were working, the enemy carried out another drone attack," the service said in a statement.
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Ukraine's State Emergency Service say the vehicle was hit with a precision strike "impossible to be accidental." No rescuers were hurt in the incident.
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The strike in Sumy was one of several lethal Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight on November 24-25 that killed at least six people.
In Kyiv, this apartment block was hit in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, killing two people according to emergency services.
In Kyiv, this apartment block was hit in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, killing two people according to emergency services.
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A woman reacts in the aftermath of the strike on the apartment block in Kyiv's Dniprovskiy district.
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Firefighters work at the scene of the Dniprovskiy district strike.
Ukrainian rescue personnel have repeatedly been targeted by "double tap" strikes that hit firefighting vehicles.
Ukrainian rescue personnel have repeatedly been targeted by "double tap" strikes that hit firefighting vehicles.
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A man with his dogs watches rescue efforts at the site of the Dniprovskiy District strike early on November 25.
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Firefighters work at the site of a strike on the southern city of Odesa early on November 25.
Odesa was also hit overnight with strikes that injured six people, including two children according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.
Odesa was also hit overnight with strikes that injured six people, including two children according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.
