Debris from downed drone sparks fire in Kyiv building

More details on the Russian drone attack on Kyiv coming in from local officials.

Kyiv's military administration now says Ukrainian air defences shot down about 15 drones launched by Russia on the Ukrainian capital.

Drone debris damaged the windows and doors of an apartment building and caused a fire in a non-residential building which was extinguished, said Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administrationsaid in a statement.

Kyiv regional governor Ruslan Kravchenko said the drones caused no damage to critical infrastructure in the Kyiv region, and city and regional authorities reported no casualties.


Falling debris also caused a fire on the grounds of a private enterprise in the central region of Cherkasy and emergency services were tackling the blaze, the regional governor said.

 European diplomacy chief Josep Borrell has welcomed the Ukrainian military’s incursion into the Kursk Region, describing it "strategic audacity" and called for giving Kiev more air defense weapons and for lifting all restrictions on strikes on Russia with Western weapons. He was speaking upon arrival at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers together with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.

Borrell had moved the meeting from Budapest to Brussels to punish Hungary for Prime Minister Viktor Orban's visits to Russia and China in early July with peace initiatives "uncoordinated" with the European Commission.