Russian Strike on Kharkiv Kills 2, Wounds 4, Including Teenager

Russian forces struck Kharkiv’s Novobavarskyi district on Monday, Oct. 26, killing two people and wounding four others, including a 17-year-old girl.

At the time of the report, it was not immediately clear which types of weapons were used in the attacks. The head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov referred to missile strikes, while Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS) said the district had been hit by multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS).

However, it was clarified that the strike wounded two men aged 61 and 77, alongside a 60-year-old woman. All four victims received necessary medical treatment, local authorities said.

Death toll rose through the evening

The attack was initially reported around 6 p.m. local time, followed by a second strike minutes later. Syniehubov estimated that one person had been killed and the teenager wounded, noting that several private vehicles were on fire.

Several hours later, two people were confirmed dead and four injured in total.

Strikes on civilian infrastructure continue

Four apartment buildings and four private homes, as well as 10 garages and a kindergarten building were damaged in the strike.

Two fires broke out at the scene, engulfing a non-residential building and several passenger vehicles. Firefighters have since put out both blazes, according to DSNS, who added that vehicles and buildings belonging to private business were also damaged.

It was not immediately clear which company the vehicles and buildings belonged to.

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Kharkiv under sustained attack

The Novobavarskyi strike was one of at least four attacks on Kharkiv on Monday evening. Earlier, Russian drones hit the city’s Kholodnohirsky district around 4:40 p.m. local time, and again at 5:49 p.m.

Hours before the evening attacks, Syniehubov released a report showing that Russian forces had hit 113 settlements across the region over the past week, killing 12 people and wounding 148.

Among those, two children were killed, and 11 injured.

During that period, Syniehubov said, Russian forces used 27 missiles, eight guided aerial bombs (KABs) and three MLRS across the region.

They also launched nearly 880 drones, including 19 Shahed-type Geran-2s, three Lancet loitering munitions, 19 Molniya drones and 50 first-person-view (FPV) drones, as well as 786 other drones whose type is still being identified.

In Kharkiv alone, last week’s attacks damaged seven apartment buildings, 16 private homes, seven businesses, power lines, two gas stations, a hypermarket, the city circus, railway infrastructure and about 50 private cars.

Separately on Monday, it became known that a 12-year-old boy, Artem Koval, died in the Kyiv hospital from injuries sustained in a Russian drone strike that targeted a crowded park in Nova Vodolaha.

The same Oct. 19 strike killed his eight-year-old sister Ariana, along with five other civilians, including an infant killed in her stroller and her mother.