In Photos: Russia targets Kyiv with drones, killing three and injuring 29

Russia targeted Ukraine's capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, local authorities said early on Sunday. (Pics/AFP)

Updated On: 2025-10-26 02:21 PM IST

Compiled by : ronak mastakar

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At least 29 people were wounded, seven of them children, in what was the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to claim civilian lives. Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said a 19-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother were among the killed

Russian drones caused fires in two residential buildings in the capital's Desnianskyi district. Emergency crews evacuated civilians from a nine-storey building and a 16-storey building

Russia attacked Ukraine with 101 drones overnight on Sunday, according to Ukraine's Air Force, of which 90 were shot down and neutralised by Ukrainian forces

However, five strike drones hit four locations. Debris from shot-down drones fell on five locations, the statement said without elaborating where

The attack on Sunday comes a day after a mass Russian missile and drone attack killed four people, including two in the capital, prompting fresh pleas from Ukraine's president for Western air defence systems

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