Coverage dated October 19, 2026 to October 20, 2026
Russian drones kill 2 in Kharkiv Oblast, strike university building in Kremenchuk
Headline from The Kyiv Independent
An 81-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man were killed when Russian drones attacked the village of Korotych, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.
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A Russian drone strike on a crowded park in Nova Vodolaha, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, killed six people, including three children, and injured at least 14 others, including seven children. Emergency crews treated the wounded and searched the site for explosive hazards.
The drone struck the town's central park while many people, including families with children, were there, Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said. An infant in a stroller and two women were among those killed, he added.
The Russian drone crashed near a gas station in the Holosiivskyi District near the administrative border with Kyiv Oblast, according to Kyiv city mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Inna Mariukhna and baby Angelina were two of six people who died in the Russian attack on Nova Vodolaha in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, with a graphic other picture previously capturing the child lying dead in her stroller.
An 81-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man were killed when Russian drones attacked the village of Korotych, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.
