Drones Hit Kyiv High-Rise and Parked Cars in Overnight Attack

Russian drones attacked Kyiv overnight and in the early hours of October 21, setting parked cars on fire in the Desnianskyi district and hitting a high-rise residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

"In the Solomianskyi district, a drone hit a transport infrastructure facility. There is a fire. Emergency services are on the scene," Klitschko wrote.

Timeline of the attack

Russian drones had been targeting Kyiv since the evening of October 20. At 11:41 p.m., the Kyiv City Military Administration reported that debris had fallen on open ground in the Sviatoshynskyi district; no casualties were reported at the time.

In the morning Klitschko said a drone had fallen on parked cars in the Desnianskyi district, and the city military administration added that the vehicles caught fire. In the Solomianskyi district, a drone fell on open ground, with no fire initially reported.

At about 7 a.m., Klitschko said a Russian drone had hit a 24-storey residential building at the level of the 20th floor, causing a fire. Emergency services were heading to the scene.

Previous day's toll

During shelling of the capital on October 20, 21 people were injured and one was killed. We covered those attacks in our report on drones hitting warehouses and garages in Kyiv. More news is in our world section.