Mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov reports. Several Shahed drones struck Kharkiv’s Kholodnohirskyi district, causing fires at the impact sites, according to local sources.Around 10:56 a.m. a second strike hit the same district, followed by more explosions a minute later. The city was under a heavy drone attack, with combat drones observed in the sky over Kharkiv for an extended period.At 11:12 a.m., a private kindergarten in Kholodnohirskyi was hit, injuring children and sparking a fire.As of 11:46 a.m., one person has died and five others were injured, with one of the victims in intensive care and unconscious.Rescue operations and firefighting efforts are ongoing.By 12:14 a.m., the number of casualties had risen to seven, including one deceased man. Reports of injured children were not confirmed.Footage that the whole world needs to see: the evacuation of children after #Russia's attack on a kindergarten in #Kharkiv. The children were in a shelter and were not physically harmed, but many experienced severe stress#StopRussia #Ukrainehttps://t.co/5ZeaTFfqsW pic.twitter.com/3BUFiBxRA0— Еспресо Global (@Espresotveng) October 22, 2025  On the evening of Tuesday, October 21, Russian forces launched attack drones against Ukraine. As a result of the night and morning strikes, 13 people were injured in Zaporizhzhia, and 5 were killed in Kyiv and the region.