Russian drone strikes kill three in Kyiv and Kharkiv region

Russian drone attacks on Kyiv and the Kharkiv region on the morning of October 21 killed three people, according to local officials. One person died in Kyiv, and two elderly residents were killed in the Kharkiv region. In Kyiv, a drone struck a 24-story residential building in the Sviatoshyn district, causing a fire that killed one person and injured another, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Another drone hit a transport infrastructure facility in the Solomenskyi district. In the Kharkiv region, an attack on the village of Korotych destroyed and damaged private homes, killing an 81-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man, with 11 people injured, said regional head Oleh Syniehubov. In the Poltava region, a drone struck a building of the Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi University in Kremenchuk, injuring three people, including a 16-year-old, according to preliminary reports.