On February 12, Russian shelling killed eight adults and child in Ukraine

As a result of Russian shelling during the 24-hour period of February 12, 2026, nine civilians were killed in the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions, and more than two dozen others were injured, including in Kyiv and the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions, according to the National Police of Ukraine. 

Rescuers are searching for the bodies of an 8-year-old boy, his twin brothers, and an elderly neighbor under the rubble of a building targeted and struck by the Russian military in Kramatorsk, the Donetsk Oblast

The victims of Russian shelling on February 12 were:

• An 8-year-old boy, his two 19-year-old twin brothers, and a 63-year-old neighbor from a house in Kramatorsk, which was targeted and struck by a Russian drone;
• A 48-year-old man from Osavulske;
• A 56-year-old woman from Orikhiv, who was traveling in a car and hit by a Russian drone;
• A 67-year-old woman from the village of Rozsokhuvate, located near the administrative border with the Luhansk Oblast;
• A 52-year-old resident of Antonivka, who died after an enemy artillery strike.

Dozens more people were injured due to Russian strikes on February 12, with the highest number — 12 — in the Donetsk Oblast. Among the victims are the mother and grandmother of the children killed in Kramatorsk, three locals each in Druzhkivka and Malotaranivka, and two in Cherkaske, where the Russian Federation killed a civilian.

Four people each were injured in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions.

A two-story house in Kherson is on fire after a Russian artillery strike on the city

In the first region, the injured include a 9-year-old girl and elderly people, while in the second, a married couple of medics from Kherson, whose two-story house was struck by Russian artillery.

Three more civilians were injured on February 12 in the Zaporizhzhia region, specifically a man from a car in Orikhiv, in which a female passenger was killed, a 76-year-old pensioner, and a community officer from Tavriiske. All casualties in the region were the result of the Russian army’s use of various types of drones.

Also, as a result of shelling by the Russian military on the night of February 12, four people were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region, two in Kyiv, and one more in Odesa.

The mark of a Russian shell impact near residential buildings in the Donetsk region

To provide background, on February 11, Russian military shelling killed six adults and three children in Ukraine.

Cover photo: SES in the Donetsk region