On 14 October 2026, a 36-year-old Russian citizen, a native of St Petersburg and a serviceman of the 2nd Battalion of the 1009th Motor Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces, was detained in Kharkiv and is accused of involvement in the murder of five Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and a civilian man
On Monday, Ukraine's state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo reported "new power cuts" in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia due to damage caused to energy equipment by Russian attacks
The task force said it had been tracking and reporting such incidents. The military described the current direct strike on the civilian convoy as a new instance of Russia violating the laws of war
He also noted that over the past week alone, the Russians have carried out over 200 strikes against power generation and transmission facilities in Ukraine. Another 17 strikes during the week have targeted gas and oil facilities in Ukraine. In this one week alone, the Russians have killed more than 150 Ukrainians and injured over 700 people
Ukrainian ombudsman stated that during the latest visit, NPM monitors recorded violations of the right to life and safety, to respect for human dignity and privacy, to health protection and medical care, to an adequate standard of living, to accessibility for people with reduced mobility and to effective legal remedies
Russian forces also struck a petrol station in Kharkiv's Kyivskyi District with a combat drone
The incident was filmed by reconnaissance drones of the 2nd Khartiia Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine on 27 September 2026
Russian shelling killed eight civilians and injured at least 52 others on 30 September, the National Police reported. The deaths were recorded in Kyiv and in the Kyiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy Regions (Oblasts), and the injured include people in the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Kharkiv Oblasts
On 24 September 2026, Russian military shelling killed 10 civilians in Kyiv and the Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions (Oblasts) and injured at least 44 others, particularly in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kyiv and Odesa Oblasts
On 23 September 2026, Russian military shelling killed 12 civilians in Kyiv and the Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions (Oblasts) and injured at least 78 others, particularly in the Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts
Russian military shelling on 20 September 2026 killed six civilians in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Sumy Regions, and injured at least 44 more, including in the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts
Russian military shelling on 16 September 2026 killed nine civilians in the Sumy, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Regions (Oblasts), and injured at least 69 more, including in Kyiv and the Odesa, Kharkiv and Kirovohrad Oblasts
Russian military shelling on 13 September killed seven civilians in the Zhytomyr, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Sumy Regions (Oblasts), and injured at least 68 more, including in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Odesa Oblasts
Eleven civilians were killed and at least 126 others were injured across the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk Regions (Oblasts), with casualties also reported in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, as a result of Russian military shelling over the course of 10 September, the National Police reported
As a result of Russian military shelling over the course of 9 September 2026, 14 civilians were killed, and at least 102 others were injured across Kyiv and the Sumy, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk Regions (Oblasts), with casualties also reported in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts, the National Police reported
On the evening of 5 September and overnight into 6 September 2026, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with drones. As a result of the strikes, two people were killed in the Kyiv Region (Oblast), three – including a child – in Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv Oblast, and seven people were injured in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Butenko asserts that 82% of students can now study "safely" thanks to shelters of various levels of protection
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
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