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Russian shelling kills six across Kharkiv and western Ukraine on Sunday
Russian strikes hit Kharkiv and a western Ukrainian city on Sunday, killing six people and wounding dozens, including two children.
A missile hit a grocery store in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killing three and injuring 20 people, two of whom were children, according to regional officials. In a separate strike in western Ukraine, three more fatalities were reported. Emergency crews worked amid heavily damaged structures and burned vehicles. The attacks were.
Why it matters
The attacks highlight the ongoing civilian toll of the Russia-Ukraine war and the spread of violence beyond the front lines.
How this story developed
- Sep 10 Ukrainian forces begin new offensive in northern Donetsk, commander says
- Oct 7 A large‑scale missile and drone barrage hit Kyiv in the early hours.
- Oct 7 Russian air strikes overnight hit Kiev, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv and Poltava regions, leaving at least 12 dead and more than 40 injured.
- Oct 7 Two civilian deaths reported in Kyiv and simultaneous strikes hit other Ukrainian cities on Putin's birthday.
- Oct 7 Ukrainian air defenses reported downing 161 of the incoming missiles and drones.
- Oct 7 Zelensky described the strikes as a “birthday gift” to Putin.
- Oct 7 Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi reported that the attacks resulted in 28 deaths.
- Oct 8 Death toll in Kramatorsk reported at least 33.
- Oct 8 A Russian strike hit two buses in Kramatorsk; UN human‑rights chief Volker Türk said he was "consterné" and the UN reported at least 85 dead and 346 injured civilians since Monday.
- Oct 9 Zelensky publicly accused the United States of insufficient support after the Kramatorsk bus bombing.
- Oct 10 A large blaze erupted at the Yug Rusi oil-loading terminal in Rostov-on-Don overnight, following reports of a drone attack.
- Oct 10 Russian guided bombs hit a Zaporizhzhia apartment building, killing four civilians and injuring four.
- Oct 10 A Russian glide‑bomb attack killed civilians in Zaporizhzhia.
- Oct 11 Power outages now affect additional neighborhoods in Kyiv.
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