Russian drone attacks on Kyiv and Kharkiv region kill three
One person was killed in a Russian drone attack on Kyiv on the morning of October 21, Kyiv’s city administration said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a drone struck a 24-story residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district, sparking a fire that killed one person and injured another. A drone also hit a transportation facility in the Solomianskyi district.
Russian drones also attacked the Kharkiv region overnight, damaging a residential area in the village of Korotych in the Kharkiv district, according to data from the State Emergency Service. Private homes and outbuildings in the village were destroyed or damaged.
The attack killed an 81-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man and injured 11 others, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Administration.
In the Poltava region, a drone struck a building at Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi University in Kremenchuk, injuring three people, including a 16-year-old, according to preliminary reports.
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