Seven civilians killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine on March 10

The National Police of Ukraine reported that as a result of Russian military shelling on March 10, 2026, seven civilians were killed in the Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, while more than thirty others were injured, including in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Medics and police officers at the scene of a Russian strike in Sloviansk, the Donetsk Oblast, are carrying a likely injured man out of a building.

The victims of Russian shelling on March 10 included:

• Four people from residential buildings in downtown Sloviansk, which were struck by two Russian guided aerial bombs (KABs);
• A young man from the Hlukhiv “hromada,” a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements,, who was killed in a Russian airstrike of an infrastructure object;
• An elderly woman from the Pokrovsk hromada, who died following a Russian strike with guided aerial bombs;
• A pensioner from Antonivka, the Kherson Oblast, who passed away on the way to the hospital after Russians dropped explosives on her from a drone.

In addition to the fatalities, dozens of civilians were wounded on March 10, including 21 people in Sloviansk. Initial reports from the scene cited 16 injuries, but the count rose by evening, including at least two children.

Women talking in front of a residential building struck by a Russian airstrike in Sloviansk

An elderly woman gathers salvaged belongings in her apartment in Sloviansk, which was struck by a Russian airstrike the day before

In the Kherson Oblast, March 10 concluded with 12 casualties resulting from Russian strikes. Specifically, Russian forces shelled Darivka with artillery, injuring four people, and later struck Kherson, wounding eight others, including a 16-year-old boy.

In the Sumy Oblast, Russian military strikes injured four neighbors of the deceased man from the Hlukhiv hromada and a pensioner from the Okhtyrka District. In the latter case, according to the police report, the Russian military targeted a vehicle.

The aftermath of Russian attack on Hlukhiv hromada

Another elderly man sustained injuries in Krasnohirka, Zaporizhzhia region, where the Russians attacked with a drone that allowed for visual confirmation of the target before the strike.

A rescuer extinguishes a car that caught fire in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast following another Russian strike

To provide background, on March 9, Russian strikes across Ukraine injured more than two dozen people, including children.

Meanwhile, CNN reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has received advice from the Russian Federation regarding tactics for using “Shahed” kamikaze drones. The Kremlin has gained experience from the war in Ukraine and is now transferring this knowledge to Tehran, which will use it for strikes on U.S. and Israeli coalition military targets. Ukraine has already dispatched three teams of its own experts to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia to assist in countering Iranian drones.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said in interviews with Die Welt and Politico that he hopes the United States can help end the Russo-Ukrainian war, but that more pressure should be placed on the Russian Federation rather than on him.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine supports negotiations and that Trump’s influence is key, but insisted the United States should direct its pressure at Russia, not at him.

“We don’t trust Russia, but I think, and I trust that Americans really want to finish with this war. I hope that they will help us, but we need more pressure on Russia, not on me,” he said.

His comments came a week after Trump renewed his frustration with the Ukrainian leader, saying Zelenskyy should “get on the ball” and do a deal.

Trump claimed to have more faith in Vladimir Putin’s willingness to negotiate a ceasefire than in Zelenskyy’s, without providing evidence. “I think Putin is ready to make a deal,” he said.

Zelenskyy stressed that any security guarantees would need approval from national parliaments and the U.S. Congress to ensure future administrations could not walk away from them.