{"id":1260577,"date":"2025-07-16T08:59:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T05:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vinnytsia-suffered-a-massive-drone-strike-extensive-destruction-and-many-injured\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T08:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T05:59:51","slug":"vinnytsia-suffered-a-massive-drone-strike-extensive-destruction-and-many-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/vinnytsia-suffered-a-massive-drone-strike-extensive-destruction-and-many-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinnytsia suffered a massive drone strike: extensive destruction and many injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the night of Wednesday, July 16, Vinnytsia was subjected to a massive attack by enemy drones. The strikes damaged several civilian infrastructure facilities, as well as residential buildings in the region&#8217;s communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/772344248564095\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> the first deputy head of the Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, Natalia Zabolotna.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Several hits on civilian industrial infrastructure facilities have been recorded in the city. Rescuers are working to put out the fires,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p> Eight people were injured in the attack, all of whom have been hospitalized and are receiving medical care.<\/p>\n<p> Damage to residential buildings was also recorded in some communities of Vinnytsia region.<\/p>\n<p> Vinnytsia Mayor Serhiy Morgunov confirmed the information about the victims.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;There are currently 8 wounded people in hospitals,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p> The fire at a civil infrastructure enterprise hit by a drone is still being extinguished. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/68773d5c97b0f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1260572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/68773d5c97b0f.png 720w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/68773d5c97b0f-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/68773d5c97b0f-650x406.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> At the same time, after the enemy attack, air quality in Vinnytsia significantly deteriorated, according to the Vinnytsia Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p> Residents of the city and suburbs are advised to keep windows closed and limit their time outdoors if possible. The center&#8217;s specialists are already conducting air surveys and will provide additional data soon.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We ask you to maintain informational silence and wait for official reports about the locations of the attacks,&#8221; the OCCPH emphasized.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, on the night of Wednesday, July 16, Kryvyi Rih came under a massive attack from Russia. <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiia-obstriliala-kryvyy-rih-balistykoiu-ta-dronamy-poraneno-pidlitka\/\">The occupiers launched a combined attack using a ballistic missile and 28 Shahed attack drones.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> As reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-khersoni-dvoie-zhinok-potrapyly-pid-udar-rosiyskoho-drona\/\">two women were hit by a Russian drone in the Dnipro district of Kherson.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of Wednesday, July 16, Vinnytsia was subjected to a massive attack by enemy drones. The strikes damaged several civilian infrastructure facilities, as well as residential buildings in the region&#8217;s communities. This was reported by the first deputy head of the Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, Natalia Zabolotna. &#8220;Several hits on civilian industrial infrastructure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1260569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1260577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1260569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}