Drone hits high-rise residential building in central Kyiv: teenager killed, seven injured – photos

A drone has hit a high-rise residential building in the Pecherskyi district of the city of Kyiv. A 14-year-old boy was killed and at least seven residents injured in the attack.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Kyiv City Military Administration; Kyiv police

Quote: "A drone has hit a high-rise residential building in the Pecherskyi district between the sixth and ninth floors."

Details: A drone threat had been issued in the capital shortly beforehand.

Update: Kyiv City Military Administration reported that one person is known to have been injured as a result of a drone falling in the Pecherskyi district.

Kyiv police reported that a Russian drone had struck a 16-storey residential building in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv this morning, hitting it at the level of the ninth and tenth floors.

A 14-year-old boy was killed in the attack. At least seven residents were injured. Information on the number of casualties is being confirmed.

Background: One person was injured in a Russian UAV attack on Kyiv on the night of 24-25 September when debris fell onto a 25-storey residential building in the Solomianskyi district.

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