Russian military shelling overnight and on the morning of 8 September 2026 resulted in fatalities, injuries and destruction across Kyiv and the Kyiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa Regions (Oblasts), the respective regional military administrations and the State Emergency Service reported
Four people were killed and 13 others were injured as a result of Russian attacks in the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, and Dnipropetrovsk Regions (Oblasts), the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported
On 1 September 2026, Russian military shelling killed 16 civilians in Kyiv and the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Sumy Regions (Oblasts), and injured at least 57 more, in particular in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Odesa Oblasts
As a result of shelling by the Russian military over the 24 hours of 30 August in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Regions (Oblasts), seven civilians were killed, and at least 37 more were injured, in particular in the Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kyiv Oblasts, and in Kyiv, according to reports of the National Police of Ukraine
Russian strikes on August 27 2026, killed nine civilians in the Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Sumy Regions (Oblasts), and wounded 47 others, including in the Kyiv Oblast
Over the two years from 2024 to 2025, regional and local programs provided housing to only 196 people. In 2025, 16 of Ukraine's 25 oblasts did not provide housing to a single person
Russian strikes on 23 August 2026 killed eight civilians in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Sumy Regions (Oblasts) and wounded 48 others across the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Chernihiv, and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts
The Office of the Prosecutor General confirmed the double-tap strike, noting the attack occurred at around 16:30
Kravchenko said that the number of such crimes has been increasing each year. Law enforcement authorities recorded 187 cases in 2022 and 2023 combined. In 2024, there were 2,685 cases; in 2025, the number rose to 7,787
Russian forces killed three people, including an eight-year-old child, in their strike on a petrol station in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the afternoon of 3 August
Russians killed two and injured 12 other civilians, including a 16-year-old young man, with an FPV drone in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 1 August 2026
Russian forces launched a combined strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv region overnight on 1 August 2026. At least nine people have been killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, local officials stated. A further 28 people were injured in the attack on the Ukrainian capital overnight, according to the country's State Emergency Service
Russian strikes on 30 July 2026 killed 15 civilians in Kyiv and the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Lviv and Kherson Regions (Oblasts) and wounded at least 67 others, including in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv Oblasts
The Human Rights Centre ZMINA has been following the peaceful protests since they began in July. Read ZMINA report to learn how the protests started and developed, and what motivates Ukrainians to gather in city squares every evening
Russian strikes overnight on July 30, 2026, caused civilian casualties and widespread damage across the capital of Kyiv and the Kyiv, Lviv, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr and Poltava regions.
Russian military strikes on 27 July 2026 killed nine civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions (Oblasts), while at least 77 others were injured in attacks that also struck the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy Oblasts
Russian military strikes on July 21 killed ten civilians in the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions (Oblasts), while at least 67 others were injured in attacks that also struck the Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy Oblasts
Birth rates have fallen most sharply in regions close to the front line. The Donetsk Region (Oblast) has seen births decline threefold, while the Zaporizhzhia Oblast recorded a 23% decrease. At the same time, the number of newborns has also dropped significantly in relatively secure regions. Births fell by 20% in the Vinnytsia, Lviv and Ternopil Oblasts
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