a residential building in kyiv hit by a Russian drone, at least one injured

A residential building in kyiv was hit Thursday, December 21 by an explosive drone during a new Russian night attack, Ukrainian authorities said, reporting at least one injured. This is the first incident of this kind in months in the Ukrainian capital. While the city of kyiv is regularly targeted by Russian drone and missile attacks, most of them are shot down by air defense.

The air alarm was sounded late in the evening in kyiv. Shortly after, local residents heard loud explosions. The town hall initially announced that air defense was operating in the city, calling on residents to stay in shelters. “A residential building in kyiv hit by a Shahed”an Iranian-made drone regularly used by Moscow for these attacks against its neighbor, wrote the head of the presidential administration, Andriï Iermak, on Telegram.

The incident occurred in the Solomiansky district in the southwest of the capital, reporting “flames on the upper floors” of the building, added the mayor, Vitali Klitschko, on Telegram.

A man was hospitalized in this neighborhood, he added without giving further details. The city’s military administration published photos on Telegram of apartments with bay windows blown out by explosions.