On the night of 25-26 October, Russia attacked Kyiv for the second time in twenty-four hours, killing three people and injuring 32. A drone strike caused a fire in an apartment building in the Desnianskyi district.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life)

Details: Suspilne Kyiv reports that the attack hit the first floor of a building where Yelyzaveta lives. She said that her balcony on the fourth floor burned. The fire spread from the third to the sixth floors.

Yelyzaveta said that immediately after the explosion, glass shattered and smoke filled her apartment. She, her husband, child and dog could not leave on their own and had to wait for rescue workers while breathing through wet towels.

"The smoke was very strong, everything shattered. It was very scary. Everything burned completely on the first, second and third floors. We barely got out," Yelyzaveta said.

Nearby resident Illia told journalists that he was awake during the strike.

"I heard the sounds of a Shahed drone, then a powerful blast. My car was parked where the fire engine is now. I told my wife to check on the car. She said it was damaged," Illia said.

He described seeing heavy smoke rise in the first minutes after the strike and emergency workers evacuating a child who had been injured. In total, 13 people were rescued from the upper floors.

"The screams were very loud. Such a fire, such an explosion. Maybe something caught fire or there was a gas blast," Illia added.

In the same district, a 16-storey residential building was damaged by a drone strike where windows were shattered from the ground to the eights floors. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reported partial damage to the facade and floor structures between the fifth and seventh floors.

The blast wave also damaged neighbouring buildings.

"The neighbours' wall was blown out. The wave probably destroyed our walls too. Everything is in ruins. We heard a strong explosion. I was lying down, so the wave must have passed over me. My husband and I are safe, as is everyone in the building," said Liubov, a resident of the damaged residential building.

She added that emergency workers found UAV fragments in a neighbouring apartment, and its owner was taken to hospital.

Another resident told NV that he and his father survived a direct hit by a Shahed drone in their apartment, which caused walls, ceilings and floors to collapse.

"I was hit by a falling wall. My father had many cuts; an ambulance took him, but he's receiving help. It could have been much worse," he said.

Journalist Andrii Tsapliienko reported that a mother and daughter died in Kyiv after suffocating from smoke while hiding in the bathroom during the Russian attack.

Background: Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 101 drones on the night of 25-26 October. Ukraine's Air Force reported that 90 of these drones had been shot down or jammed.

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