Oleksandr Yesin
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Russian drone strike on Kharkiv Oblast park kills civilians, including children
A Russian drone hit the central park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Oblast, on the afternoon of 19 October, killing civilians including a one-year-old girl in a stroller and injuring 15 people, seven of them children. Ukrainian officials opened a war-crime investigation, the local community declared 20 October a day of mourning, and President Volodymyr Zelensky called for stronger air defence and continued sanctions on Russia.
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Russian drone strike hits commuter train in Kharkiv Oblast, killing one
On 18 September, Russian forces struck a suburban electric train near the Lypkuvativka platform in the Novovodolazka hromada of Kharkiv Oblast with a Geran-4 jet drone. One person was killed and several others injured, even though Ukrzaliznytsia's monitoring group had detected the threat and ordered an evacuation before impact.