Russian attack kills six at park in Kharkiv region, including three children, Ukraine says
The attack hit a park packed with families and prompted a war-crimes investigation after officials said the drone killed six people and injured at least 14.
- On Monday, October 19, a Russian drone struck a central park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region, killing two women and an infant in a stroller while families occupied the area.
- Preliminary findings identify the weapon as a Geran-3, a jet-powered version of the Iranian-designed Shahed drone, deployed as part of a nationwide offensive involving at least 269 unmanned aerial vehicles.
- At least 14 people were injured in the blast, with seven children among the wounded. Vyhivskyi stated that State Emergency Service rescuers and ambulance teams provided first aid while searching for survivors.
- The attacks intensified amid a deepening feud between Kyiv and Washington after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, October 16, waiving tariffs and sanctions on Russia.
- Ukraine has reportedly exhausted its stock of US-made Patriot interceptors, the only weapons capable of deterring ballistic missiles. Kharkiv remains under near-daily bombardment, with air defense units downing more than 700 targets in the past week.
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Russian drone kills six in Kharkiv Oblast park, including mother and her 14-month-old in a stroller. Hours later, Ukraine shows photos to US senators
Six people were killed in a Russian strike in the settlement of Nova Vodolaha in Kharkiv Oblast, including girls aged 1 and 11. Another 15 people were injured, including seven children, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on 20 October. Russian forces struck a park with a drone while families with children were there, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vyhivskyi said. Russian forces continue to attack Ukrainian cities, killing …
The shocking tragedy occurred on Monday in the town of Nova Vodolakha in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.
A further assessment by the Ukrainian authorities reported at least six victims, including three children, following a Russian attack on Monday, 19 October, in a park in the north-east of the country in the Kharkiv region.
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Russian attacks over the past 24 hours have caused casualties and destruction in several regions of Ukraine. A company in the Kyiv region, a residential area and an industrial site in Khmelnytskyi, energy infrastructure in the Lviv region and a park in Nova Vodolaga, Kharkiv region were hit. A man was killed and six people were injured and hospitalized in the attack on a company in the Obukhiv district of Kyiv region, the head of the Kyiv region…
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