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Russia’s October 21 drone attack on Kyiv

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DevelopingNext check Oct 22: Updated official casualty and hospitalization counts, fire and search status, building-safety assessment, and assistance or temporary-housing information.

Where it stands

As of the October 21 report, a Russian drone struck a 24-story residential building in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi District, causing a fire on the 20th floor; two people were reported killed and two hospitalized. The report does not provide a final assessment of the damage or official accounting beyond that latest toll.

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  1. Update 1Russian drone hits Kyiv apartment tower, killing at least two

The story so far

  1. Update 1

    Russian drone hits Kyiv apartment tower, killing at least two

    A drone hit the 20th-floor level of a 24-story building in Sviatoshynskyi District. Two people were reported hospitalized, while residents’ safe return remained unresolved.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

People

  • Vitali KlitschkoUkrainian boxer and politician (1971-)1 report

Places

  • Desnyans'kyi DistrictDesnyans'kyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine, 020001 report
  • KyivKyiv, Ukraine, 020001 report
  • Solom'yans'kyi districtSolom'yans'kyi district, Kyiv, Ukraine, 020001 report

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Deaths across Ukraine in Russian attacksNot independently confirmed2

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Only reported by The Kyiv Independent

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