Russia Pounds Kyiv With Drones for 2nd Night in Row, Ukraine Says

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By Reuters
October 21, 2024Russia–Ukraine War
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Russia Pounds Kyiv With Drones for 2nd Night in Row, Ukraine Says
Ukrainian service personnel use searchlight as they search for drones in the sky over the city centre during a Russian drone strike, in Kyiv on Oct. 20, 2024. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

KYIV—Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with several waves of drones for the second night in a row, damaging buildings and injuring at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.

“Another night, another worry,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram. “The enemy does not reduce the intensity of air attacks on Ukraine and Kyiv.”

The military claimed several attacks hit civilian infrastructure.

The air raid alerts in Kyiv lasted more than five hours before the air force declared skies clear at around 0215 GMT.

Russia also struck Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine on Monday morning with ballistic missiles, governor Ivan Fedovov said on the Telegram messaging app.

“Seven people were wounded and more than 30 houses were damaged. These are the preliminary consequences of the enemy attack on Zaporizhzhia,” he said.

The attacks followed Russian strikes on Kyiv and other cities on Sunday, which injured 17 people in a central Ukrainian city.

In Kharkiv, an eastern Ukrainian region bordering Russia, at least 12 people were injured overnight into Sunday after Russia launched guided air bombs, national police said on Telegram.

Several residential buildings were damaged, it said.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Moscow.