Russian strike on Kharkiv wounds at least 22, including eight children

September 28, 2026 at 09:21 AM2 min

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A Russian airstrike on Kharkiv overnight wounded at least 22 people, including eight children, Ukrainian officials said on September 28. One guided bomb hit a residential building in the Saltivskyi district, destroying the second and third floors. The attack followed a drone assault on Kyiv the previous night that killed three people.

Key Facts

At least 22 people were wounded in the overnight Russian strike on Kharkiv, including eight children.
Two boys, aged 8 and 12, were hospitalized after the attack.
A guided bomb struck a multi-story residential building in the Saltivskyi district, destroying the second and third floors.
On September 27, a Russian drone attack on Kyiv killed a man in the Solomianskyi district and two people at a market in Sofiivska Borshchahivka.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces used 277 strike drones of various types, including 155 jet-powered drones, in the previous day's attacks.

The Kharkiv Strike

Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov and mayor Ihor Terekhov reported the casualties on their Telegram channels on the morning of September 28. The strikes targeted the Kyivskyi and Saltivskyi districts in the northeastern part of Kharkiv, damaging several multi-story residential buildings. In the Saltivskyi district, a guided bomb hit a multi-story building directly, with the impact on the second floor destroying the second and third floors. At least eight children were among the wounded, and two boys aged 8 and 12 required hospitalization.

Previous Night's Attacks

On September 27, Russian drones struck Kyiv, killing a man in the Solomianskyi district when a fire broke out in a non-residential building after a drone hit. That evening, a drone hit a market in Sofiivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv, killing two people and wounding four, according to preliminary data from Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko. President Volodymyr Zelensky said dozens of people were injured in the September 27 attacks across several Kyiv districts. Zelensky reported that Russian forces used 277 strike drones of various types, including 155 jet-powered drones, in the attacks.