On October 20, a Russian attack on Kyiv killed one person and injured 12 others, while a strike on an energy facility was recorded in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Damage to the power system left parts of the Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi and Pecherskyi districts without electricity.
The strike on the energy facility was reported by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, while the consequences of the attack and the number of casualties were reported by the Kyiv City Military Administration.
According to the city authorities, five people were injured during the daytime drone attack. Since the beginning of the day, Russian strikes on the capital have killed one person and injured 12 others.
In the Holosiivskyi district, drone debris struck a building of the National Academy of Sciences. Buildings belonging to PrivatBank and Oschadbank, as well as three residential buildings, were also damaged.
In the Solomianskyi district, the Strazhesko Institute building was damaged in the attack.
Four districts partly left without electricity
Parts of the Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi and Pecherskyi districts were left without power following attacks on the capital’s energy facilities, DTEK reported.
Power engineers are working to restore electricity supplies.
Due to a lack of voltage in the power grid, electric public transport was also temporarily suspended on Dehtiarivska Street, Danyla Shcherbakivskoho Street, Yakuba Kolasa Street, Tarasa Shevchenka Boulevard, Sevastopolska Square and Valeriia Marchenka Square, as well as near the Lukianivska and Shuliavska metro stations.
This was reported by Kyivpastrans.
According to the Kyiv city authorities, metro services were also temporarily suspended because of the power outage.
Earlier reported that a Russian attack damaged an operating room at the Strazhesko Institute in Kyiv. One patient was injured, while no deaths were reported.
Also reported that a drone fell near a gas station in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district during the attack. At the time, one person was reported killed and seven others injured.
