Ukrainian authorities said Russian attacks killed at least 16 people and wounded 69 across Ukraine in the 24 hours through Oct. 20, including six people killed in a drone strike on a park in the Kharkiv region.
The attacks hit several regions. The death toll rose as officials updated reports from Kyiv and the area around it. In Nova Vodolaha on Oct. 19, a drone struck a central park where families were present.
The strike killed six people, including two children, and injured 15, seven of them children. The dead included one-year-old Anhelina, who was killed in her stroller, and her mother, who died in hospital. Elsewhere, a drone strike hit traffic carrying people on their daily journeys in Kyiv, killing at least three people and injuring four.
An attack on a production and warehouse building in the nearby Obukhiv district killed three people and injured six. In Donetsk region, one person was killed and eight were injured in attacks on several communities, according to regional authorities. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 165 drones overnight into Oct. 20.
Air defenses shot down or stopped 115 drones. Strikes were recorded at 30 locations. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the park attack.
He called on allies to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses.