KHARKIV, Ukraine: Russian strikes killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region on Sunday, Ukrainian authorities said, as the country faced one of the heaviest overnight drone attacks in recent weeks.
Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Civil-Military Administration, said the attacks hit the city of Kharkiv and 12 surrounding settlements, involving missiles, guided aerial bombs, and drones. “Over the past day, the city of Kharkiv and 12 settlements of the Kharkiv region have been under enemy attacks,” Syniehubov said on Telegram.
“As a result of the shelling, three people were killed and 11 were injured.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces launched more than 200 drones overnight, striking multiple regions including Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa.
Zelenskyy renewed calls on Ukraine’s allies to speed up deliveries of air defence systems and missiles, emphasizing the need for stronger protection.
Ukrainian media also reported that pro-Kiev “guerrilla units” sabotagd a power station in Russia’s Bryansk region, temporarily cutting electricity to a railway station and nearby storage facilities.
Russian authorities, meanwhile, said Ukrainian drone attacks injured civilians in several regions. In North Ossetia, drone debris fell on an apartment building in Beslan, injuring two children and one adult, regional head Sergey Menyailo said.
Another civilian was wounded in the Tuapse district of Russia’s Krasnodar region and was hospitalised, officials added.
Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed strikes on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, claiming its forces targeted facilities involved in drone production. Separately, Russia’s human rights ombudswoman, Tatyana Moskalkova, met with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva to discuss prisoner exchanges, family reunification, and the search for missing persons.
Russia and Ukraine last carried out a prisoner swap on October 2, 2025, following agreements reached during Istanbul-hosted talks earlier that year, but both sides have accused each other of slowing further exchanges.
