- The drone attack also resulted in 11 others experiencing stress reactions, damaging private houses
- In Kyiv, a Russian airstrike targeted a high-story apartment building and transport infrastructure, leading to fires
Updated 21 October 2026 07:32
Russian drones killed two people near Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv overnight, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram on Wednesday.
Another 11 people suffered stress reactions in the attack that struck private houses and caused other damage, he said.
In Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, a Russian airstrike hit a high-story apartment building and transport infrastructure, causing fires, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said on Telegram.
There was also a strike on a university in Kremenchuk in the Poltava region that injured two, local authorities said.
The fresh strikes came ahead of a meeting scheduled between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
A US official said Witkoff had “constructive” talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Norway on Tuesday.