Drone hits Kyiv high-rise killing two – missile attack on Kharkiv
Despite the announced energy ceasefire, Russia attacked Kyiv and Kharkiv. Two people died in the capital and dozens were injured in Kharkiv.
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A Russian drone attack on Kyiv on Monday evening killed two people and injured seven, including a 17-year-old girl, according to the Kyiv city prosecutor's office. A drone crashed into the courtyard of a 25-storey apartment building in the Darnytskyi district; flats on the fourth and fifth floors caught fire and at least 12 cars burned out. Mayor Vitali Klitschko had initially reported one woman killed and 11 injured.
In Kharkiv, the number injured after a drone hit a nine-storey apartment building rose to 23, including two children, according to the emergency service. Russia also struck the city with missiles: according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov, Russia used ten Banderol-type missiles, injuring at least 11 people, among them a rescuer. Three people trapped under rubble were rescued.
According to a Kyiv Independent tally, Russian attacks killed at least ten people and injured 69 across Ukraine over one day (11 to 12 October). Ukraine's air force reported 121 attack drones overnight into Monday, 89 of which it said were shot down or suppressed.