Russian drones attack Kyiv: high-rise residential building hit and cars on fire – photo
Russian drones attacked the city of Kyiv overnight and in the morning of 21 October, setting fire to parked cars in the Desnianskyi district and hitting a high-rise residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district.
Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko
Quote: "A drone has hit a transport infrastructure facility in the Solomianskyi district. There is a fire. Emergency services are at the scene."
Details: Russian drones had been attacking Kyiv since the evening of 20 October. At 23:41, Kyiv City Military Administration reported that drone debris had fallen in an open area in the Sviatoshynskyi district. Early reports indicate that there are no casualties.
Update: In the morning, Klitschko wrote that a drone had fallen onto parked cars in the Desnianskyi district. Kyiv City Military Administration added that the cars had caught fire as a result.
Klitschko also reported that a drone had fallen in an open area in the Solomianskyi district. There was no fire, according to early reports.
At around 07:00, Klitschko said that a Russian drone had hit a 24-storey residential building at the level of the 19th floor. A fire broke out and emergency services are on their way to the scene.
Background: Russian attacks on the capital on 20 October killed one person and injured 21.
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