All attacks by kamikaze drones on Kyiv were carried out by the Russians from the southern direction.
This is reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the area of responsibility of the Center Air Command (northern and central regions of the country), anti-aircraft units destroyed nine Shahed-136 kamikaze drones.
There is also data on the combat work of the ground forcesʼ air defense in this direction — at least two "martyrs" were destroyed.
- On the morning of October 17, the Russians attacked Kyiv with Iranian kamikaze drones. The explosions were recorded in the Shevchenkiv district of the capital — the occupiers hit a residential building. As of 10 oʼclock, 18 people were rescued from the damaged apartment building. According to preliminary information, two residents remain under the rubble. There is no information about the dead yet.