Russian shelling kills 3, injures 20 across Ukraine on January 25; 6 children among wounded

Russian shelling killed three civilians and injured nearly 20 others — including six children — across the Kherson and Donetsk regions on January 25, 2026. Additional injuries were reported in the Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Sumy regions, according to the National Police of Ukraine.

A multi-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia shelled by the Russian military

The victims of the Russian shelling on January 25 included:

• An unidentified man in Kherson, killed when Russian forces dropped explosives from a drone;
• Two women, aged 63 and 78, from Druzhkivka and Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, were killed in strikes involving guided aerial bombs and multiple-launch rocket systems.

In the Donetsk region, four others were injured in the attacks, including the 69-year-old husband of the deceased woman from Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka and three residents of Druzhkivka.

A private house on fire following a Russian strike in the Sumy region

In the Zaporizhzhia region, victims of the Russian strikes include a 37-year-old resident of the regional capital and a 68-year-old man from Vilniansk. Both sustained injuries as a result of Russian drone attacks.

In the Kharkiv region, a 78-year-old local woman was injured during Russian shelling of the city of Kharkiv. She was hospitalized with wounds, though further details regarding her condition were not provided in the report.

A shelled home in the Mykolaiv Oblast, where four children were injured in a Russian strike

One person was injured yesterday in Russian strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region: A 58-year-old man was wounded following an artillery attack.

The roof of a house on fire following a Russian strike in the Donetsk region

In the Sumy and Mykolaiv Oblasts, Russian drone strikes wounded 11 civilians, including five adults and six children ages 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 17. The adult victims include a 60-year-old woman from the Esman hromada who is the grandmother of two of the injured children, an energy worker, and two men from the border areas.

According to police photos, the damage from the Russian strikes in the Sumy region includes an educational institution.

A building damaged by shelling in the Sumy region

To provide background, after nearly four years of full-scale war, Russian shelling has claimed the lives of more than 14,500 civilians, according to official records alone.