Drone crash injures 7 in Kyiv's Pechersk district, mayor says

A drone crashed on open ground next to a five-storey residential building in Kyiv's Pecherskyi district on the morning of 15 October, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Seven people were injured, Ukrinform reported, up from an initial count of five given by the mayor and a later count of six from the city prosecutor's office.

The building's façade, part of its roof and its window glazing were damaged, Klitschko said, along with the façades of two three-storey residential buildings nearby. A car caught fire in the yard; firefighters put the blaze out quickly, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.

Three of the injured were hospitalised, 24 Kanal reported. The injured suffered shrapnel wounds, burns and acute stress reactions, the prosecutor's office said. Windows were also broken in 12 nearby multi-storey buildings, along with 20 cars, a school, a sports school and an administrative building.

Kyiv's air defences were active again later the same evening, Klitschko said, as explosions were reported in the capital.

Kyiv's emergency service said a car ignited after debris fell in the courtyard and firefighters extinguished the fire. The incident occurred during air alerts affecting the city on the morning of the attack.

The reports attributed damage to several residential buildings and vehicles to the same Pecherskyi district incident. Later explosions during the evening air alert were separate events and are not included in this casualty total.

The injured count given by authorities changed as medical services reported additional cases. The updated seven-person figure includes three patients taken to hospital, according to the sources provided.