Russian attack on Kharkiv wipes out young family, leaving pregnant mother as sole survivor

A Russian drone onslaught Tuesday nighttime successful Ukraine’s Kharkiv portion wiped retired a young family, sidesplitting a begetter and his 3 tiny children, leaving a large parent arsenic the sole survivor.

Oleg Synegubov, the politician of the Kharkiv region, said connected Telegram that the onslaught connected the municipality of Bohodukhiv claimed the lives of 34-year-old Grigory and his 3 children — 2-year-old duplicate boys, Ivan and Vladyslav, and their 1-year-old sister Myroslava.

The household had conscionable evacuated from Zolochiv, a front-line municipality astir 25 miles from the Russian border, successful an effort to flight persistent shelling.

They were spending their archetypal nighttime successful their caller location erstwhile the onslaught occurred, Synegubov said.

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The aftermath of a drone onslaught successful the metropolis of Bohodukhiv successful the Kharkiv portion that killed 4 people, including 3 children, successful Bohodukhiv, Ukraine, connected Feb. 11, 2026. (Carlo Bravo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Olga, the children’s 35-year-old parent who is 35 weeks pregnant, survived with injuries and insignificant burns and was aboriginal discharged from the infirmary aft receiving aesculapian care.

"The Russian service erstwhile again targeted an mean residential gathering successful the mediate of the night," said Synegubov. "Another violent enactment of the authorities warring against the civilian colonisation – against tiny children, large women, aged people."

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office said preliminary information indicates that a "Geran-2" drone was utilized successful the attack.

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A nonmigratory touches a Russian-Iranian Shahed-136 (Geran-2) kamikaze drone installed successful beforehand of Saint Michael's Cathedral arsenic portion of an accumulation displaying destroyed Russian subject vehicles and weapons, successful Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 26, 2025. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

The Geran-2 is the Russian designation for an Iranian-designed Shahed-136, a one-way onslaught drone that detonates connected interaction and has been wide utilized by Moscow to onslaught Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday successful a station connected X that Russian forces carried retired further strikes crossed borderline and frontline regions, including launching 470 onslaught drones astatine Kherson successful a azygous day.

Damaged buildings and debris are seen aft a drone onslaught successful the metropolis of Bohodukhiv successful the Kharkiv portion connected Feb. 11, 2026. (Carlo Bravo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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"Gas proviso restoration is ongoing successful the Donetsk portion – besides pursuing a Russian strike. There were strikes connected infrastructure successful the Dnipro region, successful the Synelnykove district," helium wrote. "Some consumers are presently without energy successful Zaporizhzhia aft ‘shahed’ strikes – restoration enactment is underway."

Zelenskyy said helium directed subject and assemblage leaders to make further measures to fortify extortion for captious infrastructure.