Russian drones attack Kyiv: high-rise residential building hit and cars on fire

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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