RIVNE, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck a high-rise residential building in the north-western Ukrainian city of Rivne overnight on Thursday into Friday, November 12-13, setting two apartments on fire and injuring six people, including two children, Ukrainian officials said.

Source: LaPresse / Ukrinform

Oleksandr Koval, head of the Rivne Regional Military Administration, reported the strike on Telegram, the Ukrinform news agency reported. Koval said the fire engulfed two apartments, emergency services were working at the scene, and city authorities were preparing to evacuate residents. His first report put the injured at five; he later clarified that the number had risen to six, including two children. No names or ages of the injured children were given, and Awaaz Punjab does not identify minor victims.

Source: Shelter / Ukrinform reporting of Rivne officials

Reuters, in a roundup of overnight drone strikes, also reported that five people were injured in Rivne after a Russian drone hit an apartment building, citing a local Ukrainian official on Telegram early on Friday — the figure in Koval's first report, before his update to six. Reuters said it could not immediately independently confirm the reports, and noted that Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians.

Source: Reuters (via DevDiscourse syndication)

Rivne, in Ukraine's north-west, is far from the front line but has been hit repeatedly. On the evening of November 8 and overnight into November 9, Russian forces attacked the northern part of Rivne region, targeting energy facilities, industrial plants and residential buildings, with no casualties or injuries reported at that time, Shelter reported. In the previous night's massive Russian strike, on November 11-12, Russian attacks also damaged energy and civilian infrastructure in the Rivne region, a local official said — the night a drone hit a Kyiv apartment block in the Solomyanskyi district, killing a 44-year-old woman.

The previous night's strike on Kyiv is covered in our earlier report. Read: Russia's massive overnight strike on Ukraine, Kyiv apartment hit

What happens next: emergency crews were still working at the building as the reports were published, and residents faced evacuation while the damage is assessed. There was no Russian statement specifically on the Rivne building in the reports; Russia's military has said its overnight strikes target military facilities, a claim Ukraine disputes when homes are hit.