Overnight Russian attack hits railways, kills civilians in multiple regions of Ukraine

Russian shelling on the night of October 2, 2025, killed and wounded civilians in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions and destroyed railway infrastructure, the National Police of Ukraine and local regional administrations reported.

Destruction on the railway in one of the regions hit by a Russian strike on the night of October 2, 2025. Photo: Oleksiy Kuleba

The Ukrainian Air Force shot down more than 50 of the 86 drones Russia launched overnight. The Ukrainian military said hits were recorded in six locations.

Russian forces targeted railways in the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Chernihiv regions. The strikes delayed trains, injured a civilian man in the Kyiv region, and wounded a train driver in the Odesa region.

Photo: Oleksiy Kuleba

Late on October 1, the Russian military launched a missile strike on the center of Balakliya in the Kharkiv region.

The strike killed an elderly woman and injured nine other people. The victims included a 9-year-old girl who suffered an acute stress reaction.

Destruction in an apartment building in Balakliia, the Kharkiv Oblast

Earlier, ZMINA reported that on September 30, three civilians were killed and more than 30 others were injured in Donetsk, Dnipro, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions, particularly in the Sumy region.

Russia began systematically attacking railway infrastructure and energy facilities as Ukraine’s heating season approached this year. The OSCE and the UN have already warned about the threat of a blackout in Ukraine this year, and they do not rule out attacks on nuclear power plants.