Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast killed 3 toddlers and their father, pregnant mother injured
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
A Russian strike on Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast, killed four people, including three children and their father, and injured two others, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported overnight on Feb. 11.
Syniehubov said a Russian strike on Bohodukhiv killed two 2-year-old boys and a 1-year-old girl.
A 34-year-old man, father of the children, was also killed in the attack. Their mother, a 35-year-old pregnant woman, and a 74-year-old woman were injured in the attack.
According to an investigation by Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office, at around 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 10, Russian Geran-2 drones struck a residential building in the city of Bohodukhiv, where the family of five lived.
The office added that rescuers saved the children's mother, who was 35 weeks pregnant. The woman suffered blast injuries, traumatic brain injury, acoustic trauma, and thermal burns.
A pre-trial investigation was launched into the commission of a war crime that resulted in the death of people (Part 2 of Article 438 of Ukraine's Criminal Code).
Russia regularly strikes Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings and energy infrastructure, as it continues to wage its war.
At least nine people have been killed and 39 others injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day, local authorities said on Feb. 11.
After the overnight attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X on Feb. 11 that each Russian strike "undermines trust in everything being done diplomatically to end this war" and "proves that only strong pressure on Russia and clear security guarantees for Ukraine are the real key to stopping the killings."
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