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Russian drones and missiles struck Kyiv repeatedly on October 20 and into October 21, hitting an energy facility in the Shevchenkivskyi district, medical facilities, a logistics complex and residential districts, killing at least one person and injuring at least 18, according to Ukrainian officials. Russian forces struck the Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology for the second time, destroying an operating room and injuring one patient, after a September 2025 strike on the same hospital killed two people. The Kyiv city metro briefly halted after the energy facility strike before resuming, and residents described sleepless nights and scheduled blackouts reshaping daily life, as documented in an AFP feature following a Kyiv mother of three.