KIEV, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and 32 were injured in Russian drone strikes on Kiev early Sunday, authorities reported.

According to Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko, seven of the injured, including two children, were hospitalized.

The State Service for Emergencies said that drones hit two high-rise residential buildings in the northeastern Desnianskyi district, igniting fire in one of them and shattering windows in the other.

Another drone struck an apartment block in the northern Obolonskyi district.

More than 100 rescuers and 20 units of equipment were deployed to the sites of the strikes.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that its air defenses intercepted 90 of 101 Russian drones overnight.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that over the past week, Russia had fired nearly 1,200 combat drones, more than 1,360 guided bombs, and over 50 missiles at Ukraine. ■