Since the night, Russian forces have been continuously attacking Ukrainian cities and communities. Energy facilities, railway infrastructure, shopping centres, residential buildings and civilian businesses have come under fire. There are dead and injured.
Prime Minister reported this, Serhii Koretskyi.
In Kyiv, a Russian drone hit a 24-storey building, killing two people. In the settlement of Korotych in Kharkiv region, a strike destroyed private homes: two people were killed and another 11 were injured, including two children.
A university building in Kremenchuk and a shopping centre in Uman were also hit. There are injured in Poltava, Lviv, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions.
Russian forces attacked energy facilities in Kyiv, Volyn, Odesa and Mykolaiv regions. Strikes on civilian businesses were recorded in Volyn, Lviv, Odesa and Zhytomyr regions.
In addition, in the Black Sea, a Russian drone attacked a merchant vessel.
- On the night of 21 October, Russia attacked Ukraine with Iskander-K cruise missiles and 186 strike UAVs of the Shahed type (88 of them jet-powered), S8000 "Banderol"/"Dan-T", "Herbera" and decoy drones. Hits were recorded at 27 locations, and falling debris at 13 locations.
- As of 08:30, air defences shot down/suppressed 150 enemy UAVs of the Shahed type (63 of them jet-powered), S8000 "Banderol"/"Dan-T", "Herbera" and drones of other types; 10 strike drones were still in the air.