A Russian drone strike killed a driver in the Kharkiv district, while a separate rocket attack injured four people, including two children, in the Chuhuiv district.
Key facts
- •The drone strike occurred at approximately 12:00 on September 26.
- •The 50-year-old driver killed in the drone attack was the only fatality reported in the two incidents.
- •The four individuals injured in Lebiazhe included two children aged 5 and 12.
- •The attack on Lebiazhe damaged a two-storey apartment building and 15 vehicles.
- •Emergency services were deployed to the scene in Lebiazhe following the strike.
Russian forces conducted two separate attacks in Kharkiv Oblast on September 26, resulting in one death and four injuries. A man was killed when his car was struck by an FPV drone near the village of Pytomnyk, while a subsequent strike on the village of Lebiazhe injured four civilians, including two children.
By the numbers
Drone Strike Near Pytomnyk
At approximately 12:00, a Russian FPV drone targeted a civilian vehicle on a road near the turn-off to Pytomnyk in the Kharkiv district. The 50-year-old driver of the car died at the scene. A 73-year-old woman who was also in the vehicle was not injured.
Attack on Lebiazhe
In a separate incident in the village of Lebiazhe, located in the Chuhuiv district, a strike—identified by the Prosecutor's Office as involving a multiple-launch rocket system—injured four people. The victims include a 56-year-old man, a 33-year-old woman, and two boys aged five and 12. Medics diagnosed the victims with shock or acute stress reactions. The attack caused partial destruction to a two-storey apartment building and damaged 15 parked vehicles, as well as shattering windows and doors in nearby structures.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by Ukrainska Pravda (English), Ukrinform.
