Key facts
- At least nine people were killed and 45 injured across Ukraine in the past day.
- A drone strike on Kyiv early Oct. 21 killed two and injured two, hitting a residential building.
- Donetsk Oblast reported four killed and eight injured.
- Kharkiv and its region reported two killed and 11 injured, including two children.
- Zaporizhzhia and its region reported one killed and six injured.
- Kherson Oblast reported 13 injured, including three children.
Russian forces conducted widespread attacks across Ukraine over the past day, resulting in at least nine fatalities and 45 injuries, according to local authorities. Early on Oct. 21, a drone attack on Kyiv killed at least two people and injured two others, striking a 24-story apartment building and causing a fire. This follows a day of multiple Russian drone strikes on Kyiv on Oct. 20, which damaged two medical facilities. The Air Force reported downing 150 drones out of 186 launched, including Iskander-K cruise missiles. Fatalities were reported in Donetsk Oblast (four killed), Zaporizhzhia (one killed), and Kharkiv (two killed). Injuries were reported across multiple regions, including Kherson, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. In Odesa, a drone attack damaged energy facilities and a food processing company.