The key facts

  • Overnight into October 24, Ukraine was attacked with 126 aerial attack assets; 101 drones were shot down or neutralized by electronic warfare means.
  • Two people were injured in Kyiv, and a 64-year-old woman was wounded in Kharkiv.
  • In Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, two civilians were killed and 18 injured over the past day.

Massive drone attack

Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight into October 24 with 126 aerial attack assets, Zamon.uz reported, citing Ukrainian sources. According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the military shot down or neutralized 101 drones using electronic warfare means. The attack involved Geran and Shahed strike drones, including jet-powered variants, Banderol loitering munitions, and Parodia decoy drones. The drones were launched from the Russian districts of Shatalovo, Oryol, Kursk, Bryansk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as from Gvardeyskoye in Russian-occupied Donetsk and annexed Crimea.

Consequences in Kyiv and Kharkiv

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the attack assets reached 14 locations, and debris from downed drones fell in five locations; the attacks continued after the report was published. The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that a private house was damaged in the capital's Obolonskyi district and two people were injured; emergency power outages were introduced in parts of the Holosiivskyi and Solomianskyi districts. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said that on the morning of October 24 a drone struck the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv, injuring a 64-year-old woman; other consequences are being clarified.

Casualties in the east of the country

Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, reported that over the past day, as a result of strikes by the Russian army in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk two civilians were killed and 18 more were injured. All figures come from Ukrainian military and regional administrations; independent confirmation from other sources is not available in the published reports, and the consequences of the Kharkiv attack remained unclear at the time of publication.

Why it matters

The attack affected civilians in several regions at once: casualties and injuries among civilians have been confirmed in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, and emergency power outages in Kyiv directly affect residents' daily lives. For readers, this means a continuing risk to civilians and power supply disruptions in the affected areas; final figures on casualties and damage have not yet been compiled.