Kharkiv region
Two captured Russian soldiers charged with torturing elderly man seeking food for sick mother in Kharkiv Oblast
Two privates from the Russian Armed Forces' 128th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade, part of the Leningrad Military District's 44th Army Corps, have been charged with the cruel treatment of a civilian for torturing a man during the occupation of the Kharkiv Region
Russian strikes kill nine civilians across Ukraine on 27 July
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 strikes kill 10 civilians in Ukraine on 21 July
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
Russian strikes kill 12 civilians in Ukraine on 21 July
Russian military strikes on July 20 killed, 2026, 12 civilians in the Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk Regions (Oblasts), while at least 82 others were injured in attacks that also struck the Sumy, Kherson and Chernihiv Oblasts
Massive overnight Russian attack on Ukraine leaves four dead, others injured (updated)
One person was killed, and 15 others were injured in an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) stated. Nine of the injured were hospitalised, including three who remain in critical condition
Russian strikes kill 10 civilians in Ukraine on 9 July
Russian military strikes on 9 July 2026 killed 10 civilians in Kyiv and the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Odesa, Kherson and Kharkiv Regions (Oblasts), and injured at least 81 people, including in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions
Russian strikes kill 18 civilians in Ukraine on 15 July
Russian military strikes on July 15, 2026, killed 18 civilians in the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Sumy Regions (Oblasts), and injured at least 104 people, including in the Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine's National Police reported
Internally displaced people, citizen with disabilities and older adults living alone most likely to become homeless in Ukraine – study
Throughout April 2026, researchers surveyed 1,090 respondents in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv and Lviv. Participants included homeless adults who use shelters and meal distribution points, experts working in the field, and members of the general public from across Ukraine
Russian strikes kill four civilians in Ukraine on 13 July
The fatalities were reported in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson Regions (Oblasts), while injuries were recorded in those regions as well as the Kharkiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Odesa regions
Russian shelling kills 5 civilians in Ukraine on 9 July
Russian attacks on 9 July killed five civilians and injured at least 79 others across six Ukrainian Regions (oblasts), according to the National Police. Those killed were in the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Kharkiv Oblasts, while the injured were reported in those regions as well as the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts
At least 40 Ukrainian civilians killed and 149 others injured in Russian strikes on 2 July
At least 40 Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than 100 others injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine on 2 July 2026, according to the National Police of Ukraine
Russian strikes kill 14 civilians in Ukraine on 29 June
Russian strikes killed 11 civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions (oblasts) on 29 June, while at least 98 others were injured in attacks that also affected the Kherson, Chernihiv and Donetsk Oblasts
Russian strikes kill five and wound 29 across five Ukrainian regions overnight
Russians killed five people and injured 29 others in strikes across Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions on June 22, 2026
Russian attacks kill at least six civilians across Ukraine overnight, Egyptian sailor dies after strike on cargo ship in Black Sea
In the Sumy Oblast, Russian shelling killed a 13-year-old boy, his father and his grandmother. The boy's 31-year-old mother, his 10-year-old brother and his 13-year-old sister have been injured
“War is when your sister dies of her wounds in your arms while Russians torture your son for ten months”: how a mother searched for missing Ivan Zabavskyi in Russia
Ivan Zabavskyi, a resident of Tavilzhanka in the Kharkiv Oblast, was subjected to such a Russian sham trial. He was abducted while travelling to pick up his mother from occupied territory and was subsequently held in basements, where he was tortured and forced to sign a "confession" to a crime he had not committed
Russian military strikes killed seven civilians in Ukraine on 11 June
Russian military strikes on 11 June 2026 killed seven civilians in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Sumy regions and injured 56 others, including in the Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts
Russian strikes killed seven civilians in Ukraine on 7 June
Russian military strikes on June 7, 2026, killed seven civilians in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, and injured nearly 50 others, including in the Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv Oblasts
Russian military strikes killed nine civilians in Ukraine on 4 June
Russian military strikes on 4 June killed nine civilians in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Chernihiv and Sumy regions and injured at least 75 others, including in the Kharkiv Oblast
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