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Russian drone strikes kill three in Kyiv and Kharkiv region
On Oct.
21, Russian drone attacks killed three people in Kyiv and the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.
In Kyiv, a drone hit a residential tower, killing one person and injuring another; it also struck a transport facility.
In the Kharkiv region, drones damaged homes in the village of Korotych, killing an 81-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man and injuring 11 people.
A separate drone strike in the Poltava region hit a university building in Kremenchuk and injured three people, including a 16-year-old.
These attacks came amid repeated Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian cities, including a deadly attack on commuter traffic in Kyiv the previous day.
Ukraine’s Air Force said it had shot down or suppressed 115 of 165 drones launched overnight on Oct.
20, while faster jet-powered drones are harder for Ukraine’s air defenses to stop.
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Russian drone attacks killed three people in Kyiv and Kharkiv Oblast overnight and on the morning of October 21, according to local authorities.
In Kyiv, a drone struck a residential building, killing one person and injuring another.
In the village of Korotych in Kharkiv Oblast, two elderly residents were killed and 11 people were injured or experienced stress reactions.
A drone also struck a university building in Kremenchuk, in Poltava Oblast; reports differed on the number of people injured.
The attacks damaged homes and other civilian infrastructure.
- Who
- Russian forces carried out the drone attacks. Civilians were killed and injured.
- What
- Drone attacks killed three people in Kyiv and Kharkiv Oblast and damaged buildings. A strike on a university in Kremenchuk also injured people.
- When
- Overnight from October 20 to 21 and on the morning of October 21, 2026.
- Where
- Kyiv; Korotych in Kharkiv Oblast; and Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
- Why
- Not stated.
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A Russian drone struck a university building in Kremenchuk, sparking a fire and injuring people.
Russian drones attacked Korotych in Kharkiv Oblast, killing two residents and injuring or distressing 11 others.
A drone struck a residential building in Kyiv, killing one person and injuring another.
- Deaths
- Three reported: one in Kyiv and two in Kharkiv Oblast
- Kyiv location
- Sviatoshynskyi district
- Kharkiv village
- Korotych
- Kharkiv deaths
- An 81-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man
- Kharkiv injuries
- 11 people
- Kremenchuk university
- Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University
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