A large Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on October 7, 2026, killed at least 24 civilians, including four children, and wounded about 60.
Pryluky apartment block
In Pryluky in the Chernihiv region, a missile destroyed an apartment block, killing 18 people, including the four children, and wounding about 50. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said three of the children were one year old and one was eight.
Kremenchuk and Kyiv
In Kremenchuk, two people were killed and seven injured. “The enemy wants people to be afraid to fall asleep,” Poltava regional head Vitalii Diakivnych said. Deaths were also reported in Kyiv.
Warning ahead of the attack
Zelenskyy had warned a day earlier that Russia was preparing a “massive” strike. He said Russia wanted to strike “painfully and demonstratively.” The attack came on Putin’s 74th birthday.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Russia is pursuing a deliberate strategy of terror.
Air defence shortage
Ukraine lacks ammunition for its Patriot systems, which are in short supply because of the war in Iran. Zelenskyy said Ukraine hit two oil facilities and a training ground in Russia’s Perm, Samara and Astrakhan regions.
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