In the early hours of Tuesday, October 29, Russian forces carried out coordinated attacks on the Ukrainian cities of kyiv and Kharkiv, using both drones and missiles.

In Kyiv, dozens of Shahed-type drones were launched, according to the head of the city’s military administrationSerhii Popko.

Ukrainian air defense managed to intercept the drones; however, debris fell in Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. In Solomianskyi, falling wreckage damaged a gas pipeline connected to a nine-story residential building, sparking fires that ravaged a store and three cars.

Initial reports indicate five injured, including one who had to be hospitalized. In Sviatoshynskyi, debris shattered the windows of a three-story administrative building, but no casualties were reported.

Meanwhile, Kharkiv faced a missile strike at 2:51 a.m., according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov. The missile hit a residential area in Osnovyansky district, destroying one building and damaging 19 others. Tragically, four people lost their lives in this attack.

Terekhov said a Russian Thunder-E1 guided missile was likely used, although there was no independent verification of the type of weapon involved.

Kharkiv is about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Russian border and has been pounded by Russian air attacks throughout the two-and-a-half-year war.

A Russian strike on Monday damaged the Derzhprom building, a distinctive early Soviet-era modernist skyscraper that has become a symbol of the heavily attacked northeastern city.

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