Rivne
City in north-western Ukraine, administrative centre of Rivne Oblast.
Rivne, capital of Rivne Oblast in north-western Ukraine, was hit in the Russian attacks that began on the evening of 12 October 2026, when a drone wounded 14 people at an educational institution in the city.
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Rivne is the administrative centre of Rivne Oblast in north-western Ukraine, with an estimated 243,873 residents in 2022. Rivne serves north-western Ukraine as a rail and transport hub, with an international airport.
It lies far from the front line but within reach of Russian missiles and drones. On 14 March 2022 a Russian missile strike on the Rivne TV tower killed 20 people.
The city was hit again in the wave of Russian attacks that began on the evening of 12 October 2026, when a drone wounded 14 people at an educational institution. Those attacks built towards the more than 850 drones Russia launched across Ukraine on the night of 14-15 October.
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