At least 10 killed and over 100 injured in widespread Russian attacks across Ukraine on 22 October 2026
At least 10 civilians were killed and over 100 injured, including children, in Russian missile, drone, aerial bomb and artillery attacks on Ukrainian cities and villages on 22 October 2026, local authorities and law enforcement reported. Russian strikes damaged residential houses, hospitals, businesses, and transport and energy infrastructure.
ZMINA has gathered information on the consequences of the Russian attacks.
Kyiv and Kyiv Region (Oblast)
Overnight into 22 October, Russian forces launched a massive combined strike on Kyiv, using ballistic missiles and strike drones.
According to updated data from the Kyiv City Military Administration, one person was killed and 24 were injured in Ukraine’s capital. The injured include children, and 16 people were taken to hospital.
Russian strikes caused destruction and fires in six districts of Kyiv.
In the Dniprovskyi District, Russians killed one person, and private residential houses and cars were damaged. In the Pecherskyi District, Russian forces damaged an emergency medical care station building and six ambulances. Debris also fell on the grounds of a monastery.
In the Sviatoshynskyi District, a large fire broke out in a non-residential building and a restaurant complex, covering an area of 1,100 sq m. Non-residential buildings also caught fire in the Holosiivskyi and Obolonskyi districts.
In addition, Russian missiles damaged transport infrastructure, including part of the metro structure on the South Bridge. As a result, city authorities temporarily restricted train movement on the Syretsko-Pecherska metro line.
In the Kyiv Oblast, Russian drones attacked the Bucha District.
According to information from regional authorities, the blast wave damaged private houses and cars travelling along the highway. A 59-year-old local resident suffered a leg injury and acoustic barotrauma.
Kharkiv Oblast
At least three people were killed and over 50 injured in Russian shelling in the Kharkiv Oblast on 22 October 2026.
Overnight, a Russian drone attacked the village of Lymanivka in the Lozova District. A 42-year-old woman was killed in the strike, and nine other people were injured, including boys aged 10 and 13. Some of those affected suffered an acute stress reaction.
During the day, Russian forces launched a missile strike on a market in Lozova, killing two women aged 50 and 60.
The Kharkiv Regional Military Administration stated that the number of injured in Lozova had risen to 38 people.
The strike set a shop on fire. Russian forces also damaged other retail premises, an apartment building, a private house and cars.
In Kharkiv, a 47-year-old woman was injured. Additionally, a Russian drone attacked a commuter train. A fire broke out in the lead carriage, which rescuers extinguished; no casualties were reported in that attack.
In Izium, Russian strikes injured two women aged 22 and 46, a 60-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy. Another 50-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction.
On the Izium – Sloviansk highway, a 65-year-old man was injured, while in Derhachi, a 56-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction.
Overall, Kharkiv and 12 settlements in the oblast came under Russian attack over 24 hours.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Russian shelling in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast killed three people on 22 October, while another man was injured.
In the evening, Russian troops launched four missile strikes on Zaporizhzhia. One missile hit near a residential area of private homes.
Three people were killed in the attack: a 37-year-old man, his 38-year-old wife and a 69-year-old woman.
In addition, in the morning, near Nyzhnia Khortytsia in the Zaporizhzhia District, a Russian FPV drone attacked a civilian car, injuring a 51-year-old man.
In total, Russian troops launched 940 strikes on 46 settlements in the oblast over 24 hours.
Specifically, they used 684 drones of various types, launched 23 air strikes, eight strikes from multiple-launch rocket systems and 221 artillery attacks.
Zaporizhzhia, Orikhiv, Stepnohirsk, Kushuhum, Mala Tokmachka, Preobrazhenka and other settlements came under fire.
Law enforcement received 90 reports of damage to residential buildings, cars and infrastructure facilities.
Donetsk Oblast
In the Donetsk Oblast, two civilians were killed and nine others injured as a result of Russian attacks on 22 October.
Russian forces attacked 14 settlements, regional police reported.
In Kramatorsk, a Russian “Gerbera” drone hit a private residential house, killing a 48-year-old man.
Over 24 hours, five more people were injured in other Russian strikes in the city. Russian forces damaged three apartment buildings, six private houses and a hospital.
Photo credit: National Police of UkraineIn the settlement of Novodonetske, a Russian FPV drone killed a man.
In Sloviansk, one person was injured in drone attacks. Russian strikes damaged 14 private houses, a car and an infrastructure facility.
Furthermore, Russian drones attacked civilian cars in the villages of Adamivka and Yatskivka, injuring two people in Adamivka and one in Yatskivka.
In total, Russian troops damaged 72 civilian sites in the Donetsk Oblast over 24 hours, including 57 residential houses.
Police and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) opened investigations into the attacks under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – violation of the laws and customs of war.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
In the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a man was killed and at least two other people were injured in Russian shelling on 22 October.
After 11:00, Russian troops shelled one of the villages in the Marhanets “hromada”, a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements, in the Nikopol District, according to police information. A 43-year-old local resident was killed in the shell explosion.
Later, Russian forces directed an FPV drone at a truck on the grounds of an agricultural enterprise in the Tomakivka hromada. The 51-year-old driver was severely injured in the strike and taken to hospital.
At about 16:00, Russian forces attacked Nikopol with a strike drone. A 44-year-old man was injured and diagnosed with acoustic barotrauma; he will receive outpatient treatment.
Overall, Russian forces attacked frontline towns and villages in the Nikopol District nearly 150 times over 24 hours, damaging residential houses, administrative buildings, vehicles and other civilian infrastructure.
Zhytomyr Oblast
On the evening of 22 October, a Russian strike drone hit a private residential house in Zhytomyr.
Eight people were injured in the attack, including six adults and two children born in 2017.
Medical assistance was required for three women aged 37, 48 and 55, and three men aged 52, 60 and 62.
The Russian strike also damaged neighbouring private houses, an apartment building and parked cars.
Emergency responders, medical workers, police officers and representatives of the Red Cross worked at the scene.
Rivne Oblast
Three people – a woman and her two children – were injured in a Russian attack in the Rivne Oblast.
At about 13:00, a Russian jet drone attacked a residential house in the Sarny District.
A 46-year-old woman and her daughters, aged 15 and 16, were inside the house at the time.
All three suffered minor injuries. Doctors examined them in hospital, but they did not require hospitalisation.
The explosion also damaged a residential house and a fence. Law enforcement officers also recovered fragments of the Russian drone and opened an investigation under the article on war crimes.
Sumy Oblast
Throughout 22 October, Russian troops attacked border hromadas in the Sumy Oblast with artillery, mortars, drones and guided aerial bombs.
In the Trostianets hromada, a Russian drone hit a civilian car, injuring two men aged 41 and 28.
Over the course of 24 hours, law enforcement officers recorded 72 Russian strikes on 30 settlements in the oblast.
In the Svesa hromada, Russian troops damaged a private house, an apartment block, garages, a shop and cars.
Residential houses were also damaged in the Hlukhiv, Bilopillia, Novoslobidska and other hromadas.
Additionally, a 24-year-old man who was injured in a Russian attack on 21 October in the Seredyna-Buda hromada sought medical assistance.
Kherson Oblast
In the Kherson Oblast, two people were injured in Russian shelling, including a child.
According to the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, Russian troops attacked 25 settlements in the oblast between 06:00 on 22 October and 06:00 on 23 October.
Kherson, Bilozerka, Stanislav, Sadove, Beryslav, Kizomys, Oleksandrivka, Shyroka Balka, Zolota Balka and other settlements came under attack.
Russian forces used artillery, aircraft and strike drones to target residential areas, as well as critical and social infrastructure.
Shelling damaged an apartment block, five private houses, an outbuilding and cars.
Russian strikes also damaged an educational institution in the Kherson hromada.
Mykolaiv Oblast
In the Mykolaiv Oblast, Russian drones attacked civilian and transport infrastructure.
In the Bashtanka District, a 51-year-old man was injured in one of the strikes; he was hospitalised in moderate condition.
Russian forces also damaged two private houses.
In addition, Russian troops attacked the village of Dmytrivka in the Kutsurub hromada with an FPV drone, damaging a private house, though no one was injured or killed.
Impact of attacks in other oblasts
Overnight into 22 October, Russian forces attacked the Odesa Oblast. A drone struck a food production enterprise, causing an administrative building to catch fire. The fire almost completely destroyed the building. According to preliminary data, no casualties were reported.
In the Poltava Oblast, Russian drones damaged the building of the Vizyt TV channel in Kremenchuk, as well as residential houses, cars and energy infrastructure.
Late in the evening on 22 October, a Russian drone attacked a railway infrastructure facility in Poltava. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
In the Vinnytsia Oblast, the Russian military damaged energy and industrial facilities, private houses and outbuildings. According to regional authorities, no casualties were reported.
Russian drones also attacked energy infrastructure in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast. In one district, the blast wave damaged a private house; no one was injured.
On 21 October, Russian shelling also killed at least 12 civilians and injured over 40 people across Ukraine.
According to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, at least 328 civilians were killed and another 2,105 injured in September 2026 as a result of the war. This is the highest civilian casualty figure for September since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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