Kyiv region
Russian shelling across six Ukrainian regions leaves multiple dead and injured
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
Death toll from 1 September Russian strike on Kyiv rises to nine
The death toll from the Russian strike on Kyiv on the night of 1 September 2026 has risen to nine, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. A 30-year-old man, whose life doctors had been fighting to save for a week, died in hospital. Kyiv officials expressed their condolences to the family of the deceased. Official […]
Russian drone attacks kill five and injure seven in three Ukrainian regions
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
Russian attacks across four Ukrainian regions leave four dead and 13 injured
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
Russian attack hits WHO humanitarian warehouse in Kyiv Oblast for third time in three months
In 2026, at least 20 attacks have affected warehouses storing humanitarian supplies, including 15 targeting those holding health-related supplies
Russian shelling kills 16 civilians and injures 57 across Ukraine on 1 September
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
Russian strikes on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast kill 12, injure 20, including two children
In Kyiv, six of the eight casualties were railway workers of the state Ukrzaliznytsia railway company after a depot was hit. Fires were reported in three city districts. Four people were killed in the town of Boryspil, where a residential building was hit
Russian shelling killed six adults and a child in Ukraine on 30 August
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 kill nine civilians in Ukraine on 27 August
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
Russian strike kills at least 15 and injures 40 in Kyiv as Ukraine grapples with air defence shortages (updated)
The latest strikes on Kyiv began around midnight local time as air raid sirens sounded across the city, followed by the impact of around 20 Russian missiles
Three killed, including a child, in overnight Russian attack on Kyiv and surrounding region
Russians killed at least three people, including a child born in 2022, in overnight ballistic attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv
Russians kill at least nine in Kyiv in ballistic missile strikes overnight (updating)
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 kill at least 15 civilians in Ukraine on 30 July – Ukrainian police
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
A society speaking out: Who is protesting against Zelenskyy’s government appointments and dismissals in Ukraine – and why
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 across Ukraine kill eight, including three children, wound at least 16 overnight (updated)
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.
Russia strikes Kyiv and Donetsk regions: At least 15 dead, dozens injured on 24 July
Russian military strikes on July 24, 2026, killed 10 people and injured about 100 others in the Kyiv Region (Oblast), while another five civilians were killed and nine were injured in the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk Oblast
Ukraine’s mortality rate exceeds birth rate fourfold
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
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
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