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Russian Drone Kills Six in Nova Vodolaha Park, Including Three Children
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Six people were killed in Nova Vodolaha park, Kharkiv region. Three children among the dead, including an infant in a stroller.
Drone strike in Nova Vodolaha
A Russian drone struck a central park in Nova Vodolaha in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, killing six people including three children and injuring at least 15 others, according to Oleh Syniehubov and the Kharkiv regional Prosecutor’s Office. The attack hit the park at around 16:30, and the Prosecutor’s Office said Russian forces used a Geran-3-type drone.
Ivan Vyhivskyi said the occupiers struck the central park in Nova Vodolaha with a drone at a time when there were many people there, including families with children. Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike an “absolute atrocity,” and he said a girl named Anhelina was killed while sitting in her buggy and that her mother, Inna, died in hospital.
Zelensky’s calls and officials’ details
Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukraine’s partners to keep pressure on Russia, saying, “We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue.” Oleh Syniehubov reported that the number of people killed rose to six, including three children, and he later reported that two children and four adults had been killed.
The Prosecutor’s Office said the attack also damaged a café building, while law enforcement officers and emergency services worked at the scene and searched for explosive devices. Ivan Vyhivskyi described the victims as two women and a baby who was in a buggy, and he said the occupiers struck the central park when many people were present, including families with children.
What the strike means next
Ukrainian authorities said the Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into a war crime resulting in deaths after the drone attack on the park in Nova Vodolaha. The Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said the occupiers struck the central park with a drone at a time when there were many people there, including families with children, and he tied the deaths to the attack’s impact on civilians.
Zelenskyy said “Ukraine needs air defence,” linking the park deaths to the broader fight over protection against drones. The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office and Kharkiv regional officials continued updating the casualty figures, reporting that the injured rose to 15, including seven children, as medical assistance continued.