Nine civilians killed in Ukraine by Russian strikes on May 12
Russian shelling killed nine civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, and over thirty others sustained injuries, including in the Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Kherson Oblasts, on May 12, 2026, the National Police of Ukraine reported.
A civilian car on fire following a Russian strike in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.The victims of the Russian strikes on May 12 include:
- An elderly couple in Kryvyi Rih;
- Six residents of the Synelnykove District in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast;
- A person from Malotaranivka in the Donetsk Oblast.
Aftermath of Russian attack in the Dnipropetrovsk OblastIn addition to the fatalities, many other civilians sustained injuries, with at least 15 in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast alone. Among them is the nine-month-old granddaughter of the couple killed in Kryvyi Rih, who suffered a leg amputation. Other victims include two teenagers, as well as rescue workers and police officers.
“The city of Nikopol, as well as the Marhanets, Myrove, Pokrovske, and Chervonohryhorivka hromadas in the Nikopol District, came under attack. Infrastructure facilities, houses, and cars were damaged. Three people were injured. A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized in moderate condition. Another 16-year-old and a 21-year-old man are receiving outpatient treatment,” Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, said. In total, Russian forces attacked three districts of the oblast nearly 30 times over the day.
In the Kharkiv Oblast on May 12, five people were injured due to Russian shelling, including residents of Shevchenkove and Vasylenkove.
A private house after Russian shelling in the Donetsk OblastIn the Donetsk Oblast, which was struck by Russia over 1,300 times in a single day using various types of weaponry, four people were injured in Malotaranivka, Iverske, Mykolaivka, and Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka.
Three civilians sustained injuries due to Russian strikes in both the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
Another teenager suffered severe wounds in the Sumy Oblast: his family had previously evacuated from the hromada, a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements, but returned to plant a garden. The boy was caught in a Russian strike while out on the street.
To provide background, over the course of May 11, Russian strikes across Ukraine claimed the lives of four civilians.
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