A Russian drone attack has damaged a historic building in central Kyiv, forcing all people inside the structure to evacuate to safety, according to on-the-ground reporting from the BBC’s senior correspondent Paul Adams. The targeted site is Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, an institution deeply rooted in the country’s academic and cultural heritage that has stood in the Ukrainian capital for more than a century. Adams, who arrived at the strike location shortly after the incident, documented visible damage to the building’s facade, with broken glass scattered across surrounding sidewalks and debris littering nearby street areas. Local emergency services responded quickly, cordoning off the perimeter of the site to clear unexploded ordnance if needed and check for any trapped or injured individuals. As of the latest update from the scene, no fatalities have been confirmed, and all occupants who were inside the building at the time of the drone impact have successfully escaped the area. This latest strike comes as Russia has resumed a pattern of frequent long-range drone and missile attacks targeting Ukrainian infrastructure across multiple cities, just as Ukraine works to shore up its air defense capabilities with newly promised Western military support. The National Academy of Sciences, one of Kyiv’s most important academic institutions, has continued partial operations through much of the full-scale invasion, making this strike an example of how Russia’s campaign is increasingly targeting cultural and educational infrastructure across the country.