Drone hits Kyiv apartment block, injuring four including children
A Russian drone struck a 12-storey residential building in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district on Oct. 7, wounding four people, two of them children.
On the evening of Oct. 7, a Russian drone slammed into the tenth floor of a 12-storey apartment block in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, sparking a blaze and causing partial structural damage. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that four people were injured, including two children, while emergency crews rescued 22 residents, eight of them children, and later put out the fire. The incident came as part of a larger offensive that started overnight, targeting residential buildings in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Poltava and Dnipro oblasts, and coincided with President Vladimir Putin’s 74th birthday.
In the nearby city of Pryluky, a Russian cruise missile destroyed a five-storey building, killing 20 and wounding 55, including five children. The attacks also disrupted electricity and water supplies for many Kyiv residents.
Why it matters
The strike shows the ongoing danger to civilians in Ukraine’s capital amid intensified Russian attacks.
How this story developed
- Sep 3 Ukraine reports heavy Russian personnel and equipment losses in ongoing war
- Sep 28 The last ground convoy reached Oleshky on May 26, and no further deliveries have been reported.
- Sep 28 Polish Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski publicly urged Lavrov to end the war during a UN Security Council debate.
- Sep 28 Ukrainian forces announced the latest village recaptures as part of Operation Vivaldi’s third phase.
- Oct 1 President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine has deployed its home-grown FP-7 tactical ballistic missile against Russia, but declined to reveal the target.
- Oct 4 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed Russia transferred jet-drone technology to North Korea, noting the exchange was tied to missile support.
- Oct 5 President Zelensky announced the missile's first combat use via Telegram.
- Oct 5 September marked the first month in which Russian forces failed to make meaningful advances.
- Oct 6 A wave of Ukrainian drones hit the Moscow region overnight, killing a 71-year-old man and a 20-year-old man while injuring nine others.
- Oct 6 Moscow airports suspended flights throughout the night.
- Oct 7 Zelensky added that North Korea has been providing artillery shells and ballistic missiles to Russia.
- Oct 7 Russian air strikes overnight hit Kiev, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv and Poltava regions, leaving at least 12 dead and more than 40 injured.
- Oct 7 Zelensky described the strikes as a “birthday gift” to Putin.
- Oct 7 Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi reported that the attacks resulted in 28 deaths.
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