2 killed as Russian drone hits Kyiv high-rise residential building in Ukraine

Two people were killed and one person was injured when a Russian attack drone struck a multi-storey residential building in Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district on the morning of 21 October 2026, according to the National Police of Ukraine.

The drone hit the building at the level of the 20th floor, sparking a fire. Officers from the Special Purpose Police Regiment No. 1 and the Sviatoshynskyi district police department arrived at the site, deployed fire hoses and, together with the State Emergency Service, extinguished the flames. The bodies of two deceased individuals were found inside the premises.

A 46-year-old man who was passing by the building at the time of the strike was also injured. Police provided him with pre-medical assistance before he was hospitalised.

In the Desnianskyi district, the attack caused a fire that completely destroyed around 10 vehicles. Police are documenting the consequences of the attack.