Russian Strikes Kill 3, Injure 23 Across Five Ukrainian Regions, Say Ukrainian Officials

Three people were killed, and a one-and-a-half-month-old baby was among the 23 civilians injured over the course of 24 hours as Russian drone, artillery, and air strikes battered Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, and Sumy, leaving widespread damage to homes and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials reported Wednesday morning.

Kherson

In the Kherson region, Russian drone strikes, air raids, and artillery shelling killed three people and wounded 14, including a child, according to Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the regional military administration.

He reported that the attacks damaged eight apartment buildings, 29 private homes, administrative offices, a health care facility, garages, a tractor, and multiple civilian vehicles.

A one-and-a-half-month-old baby was among those injured in shelling in Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district, Prokudin said.

In the city’s Korabelnyi district, a Russian drone dropped explosives near a trolleybus on route No. 9, shattering its windshield, the Kherson Regional Military Administration reported Wednesday morning.

No passengers were injured, regional authorities said.

Kharkiv

In the Kharkiv region, Russian troops attacked five settlements, injuring a 54-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman in Nechvolodivka, Kindrashivska community, according to a Wednesday morning post from regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.

He said Russian forces used 11 Geran-2 drones, one Lancet drone and two FPV (First Person View) drones in the assault.

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Damage was reported to a car in Nechvolodivka, a private home in Shevchenkove, and an industrial facility and warehouse in the city of Izium. Syniehubov said 179 people arrived at an evacuation point in Lozova over the past day, while 36 remained.

On Tuesday evening, Syniehubov posted on Telegram that the Regional Defense Council had reached the decision to evacuate by force families with children living in the Kupiansk district.

“In total, we need to relocate to safer places 601 children – that is 409 families,” he wrote.

Zaporizhzhia

In the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian forces carried out 649 attacks on 16 settlements on Tuesday, injuring a 63-year-old man in the Zaporizhzhia district, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov.

The attacks included nine airstrikes, 423 drone strikes – mostly using FPV drones – four multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) attacks, and more than 200 artillery strikes, together targeting about two dozen towns.

The bombardment damaged dozens of homes, vehicles, and infrastructure sites, officials said.

Chernihiv

In the Chernihiv region, Russian troops attacked gas stations and residential areas overnight using combat drones, according to the head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Viacheslav Chaus: “Last night, Russians attacked gas stations in Chernihiv and the surrounding community with combat drones,” he wrote on Telegram Wednesday morning.

In the border-area town of Semenivka, a drone strike hit a residential building, sparking a fire that was later extinguished by emergency crews. A civilian infrastructure facility in the Nizhyn district also caught fire following a separate drone strike, Chaus said.

According to Chaus, over the past 24 hours, Russian forces attacked the Chernihiv region 37 times, targeting 18 settlements mainly with FPV drones and drone-dropped explosives. Restoration work on the power grid is ongoing, and hourly power outages remain in effect across the region.

Sumy

Since Tuesday morning, Russian forces launched more than 40 strikes across 23 settlements in 12 territorial communities of the Sumy region, the Sumy Regional Military Administration reported on Facebook Wednesday morning, adding that the largest number of attacks were recorded in the Sumy and Shostka districts.

In the Myropil community, a 31-year-old man, and in the Seredino-Bud community, a 47-year-old woman, were reported injured by FPV drone attacks.

According to the Sumy Regional Military Administration, the attacks included nearly 20 guided aerial bomb strikes, FPV drones, and other types of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Civilian infrastructure was damaged in multiple communities: residential buildings in Krasnopil and Seredyna-Buda, a truck in Bilopillia, and private homes and a car in the Mykolaivka rural community, the Sumy Regional Military Administration reported.

Shortly after, in a separate report on Telegram, Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, stated that in the town of Putyvl, a Russian drone deliberately attacked a civilian vehicle, injuring three people: a 63-year-old woman and two men, ages 32 and 49. All victims were hospitalized and are in stable condition, he said.