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'Absolute atrocity' - Russian drone strike on park in Kharkiv Oblast kills children
The Kyiv Independent • • world
Key Points:
- A Russian drone strike on a park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Oblast, on October 19 killed six people, including two children aged one and eight, and injured at least 15 others, including seven children, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
- The attack occurred around 4:30 p.m. local time and targeted a central park crowded with families, with the drone identified as a Geran-3 model; Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi noted the strike had no military justification.
- Ukrainian officials condemned the attack, with Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets urging the world not to normalize the killing of civilians, and President Volodymyr Zelensky calling it an "absolute atrocity" and emphasizing the need for stronger air defense and continued sanctions against Russia.
- A pre-trial investigation into a possible war crime has been launched by the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office in response to the drone strike.
