Russian drone strike near Kyiv kills child and grandparents
A drone strike in Pukhivka killed a 3-year-old boy and his grandparents, wounded his parents and brother, and damaged their two-story home.
Russian drones killed a 3-year-old boy and his grandparents in Pukhivka, a village in Kyiv region, after an overnight strike near the capital tore into the family’s two-story home. Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the attack showed Russia’s continuing campaign of terror against civilians.
The boy’s parents and 15-year-old brother were hospitalized after the strike, and a neighbor who came to help was wounded when Russia hit again. Ukrainian emergency services responded as local officials worked through the damage and the growing list of casualties.
The assault was part of a wider barrage that Ukrainian authorities said included six ballistic missiles and 151 drones launched overnight. Kyiv itself was struck, where one person was killed and four others were injured, and the total death toll in Kyiv region reached four, including the child.
Kyiv and nearby areas were struck again and again in the weeks before the Pukhivka attack, including on July 25, July 29, Aug. 4 and Aug. 5. On Aug. 4, Russian attacks on Kyiv killed 17 people.
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