Russian Drone Attacks Hit Ukrainian Cities, Killing Civilians

In October 2026, Russian drone attacks struck several Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Sumy, Lviv and Khmelnytsky. In a park, a drone strike killed six people, among them two children and a toddler with her mother. Attacks in Kyiv killed four people and wounded 27, and medical facilities in the city were hit as the drone attack continued into the afternoon. Strikes on energy infrastructure in western Ukraine damaged a church in Khmelnytsky.