In a significant escalation of hostilities, Kiev and other Ukrainian cities came under a major attack as Russian forces deployed a fleet of 136 drones in the largest airborne assault on the capital in recent months.

Russia launched one of its largest drone salvos at Ukraine in recent months, targeting Kyiv and other cities and igniting a fire at an industrial facility in the western region of Ternopil, officials said on Wednesday.

All Russian drones that attacked Kyiv on the night of 16-17 October have been successfully destroyed, but an apartment building in the Desnianskyi district of the city of Kyiv has been damaged due to the attack.

Wreckage of Russian drones fell in Kyiv region. Rescuers showed photos of the aftermath of the Russian attack, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. At about 12:40 a.m. Kyiv time, the operational dispatch service of the Boryspil district of Kyiv region received a report of a fire that broke out between the villages of Revne and

Windows and apartments on three floors of the building were damaged. No casualties were reported. The air alerts were announced four times, including one in response to a possible ballistic missile strike,