A fire has broken out in a 17-storey residential building in the city of Kyiv following a Russian drone attack. People have been evacuated from the scene, with nine injured.

Source : Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Quote from Tkachenko : "We have received information about debris from downed drones falling in several locations."

Details : Tkachenko noted that debris from a downed Russian drone had been found in a courtyard in the Podilskyi district.

"Regarding other consequences, we are checking the situation at the scene."

Updated : Early reports from Tkachenko indicated that a six-storey residential building in the Pecherskyi district had been damaged in the attack.

Quote from Tkachenko : "No reports of casualties so far."

Details : In addition, facades of two residential buildings and two cars were damaged in the Holosiivskyi district.

Klitschko said that debris from a UAV hit a residential building in the Pecherskyi district, causing a fire on several floors.

Updated : Later, Tkachenko confirmed that a fire had broken out in a 17-storey building in the capital as a result of the drone attack.

Quote from Tkachenko : "Update from the Pecherskyi district: a fire broke out on the fifth and sixth floors of a 17-storey building due to the attack. Several apartments were damaged. People are being evacuated."

Details : At 02:33, Klitschko reported about two people injured in the Pecherskyi district. One has been taken to hospital and the other received medical treatment at the scene.

Later, Klitschko said that five people had been injured in total in the capital.

At 03:14, Tkachenko reported about six people injured in the Pecherskyi district.

It was later confirmed that nine people had been injured.

Tkachenko also said that debris from a downed Russian drone had been found on the premises of an outpatient clinic in the Desnianskyi district, but no fire occurred.

At 03:49, Klitschko announced that the fire on several floors of the high-rise building hit by UAV debris in the Pecherskyi district had been extinguished.

Background : Russia targeted Ukraine with drones on the evening of 9 October, with Kyiv coming under a large-scale attack.

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