Vitaly Sayenko17:13, 08.07.26

Today, July 8, Kyiv is on constant air alert due to threats of attacks by Russian occupiers. During one of them, a Russian drone was recorded crashing in the Desnyanskyi district of the capital at lunchtime. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported this on Telegram .
In particular, as Klitschko reported, at approximately 12:00 in the Desnyanskyi district of Kyiv, according to preliminary information, an enemy drone crashed and exploded near a gas distribution station.
Emergency services were dispatched to the crash site. Later, the mayor clarified the details of the Russian drone crash:
“Two injured in Desnyanskyi district, where an enemy UAV crashed near a gas distribution station. Both wounded were hospitalized by doctors.”
Updated at 1:47 p.m. The mayor has released updated information about the Russian attack, which shows another drone downed.
“In the Desnyanskyi district, an enemy UAV also fell on a three-story non-residential building next to the market,” the mayor noted.
Klitschko noted that emergency services are heading to the site of the drone crash.
Updated at 1:57 p.m. As reported by Mayor Klitschko, doctors have already hospitalized four victims of the crash of an enemy UAV in the Desnyanskyi district.
Also, after the night attack on the capital, while extinguishing a fire in a non-residential building, rescuers discovered the body of a dead woman.
Updated at 5:11 p.m. As of now, three people have been killed and 10 injured in Russian drone attacks on Kyiv, Klitschko said .
(C)UNIAN 2026
