State Emergency Service of Ukraine
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) is the central executive body responsible for civil protection, fire safety, emergency response, and rescue operations. It operates under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, the service has been involved in responding to infrastructure destruction, evacuating civilians, and clearing territories of explosive hazards.
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Russian drone strikes on Kyiv kill at least three, injure more than a dozen, cut power and water
On the morning of 8 October 2026, Russian forces attacked Kyiv and parts of Kyiv Oblast with drones, killing at least three people and injuring more than a dozen. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said the day's toll had risen to three killed and 14 injured, with eight hospitalized. The strikes hit a four-storey shop building in the Solomianskyi district, where two bodies were recovered, and caused drone-debris fires in the Holosiivskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts. Emergency power outages were introduced across Kyiv and several Kyiv Oblast districts, reducing water pressure in four city districts.