UAV event in Kyiv, Desnianskyi District area, Ukraine on Wed 21st October 2026

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.