On this picture offered by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a broken house constructing in seen in residential neighbourhood following Russia’s airstrike in Kramatorsk, Donetsk area, Ukraine.
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A barrage of Russian drones and missiles on Ukraine in a single day killed a minimum of 4 individuals in cities throughout the nation, together with a 10-year-old boy, regional officers stated on Monday (February 9, 2026).
AFP journalists on the scene of 1 strike on the southern metropolis of Odesa noticed gutted buildings and fireplace and emergency providers working by lamplight to carry out CPR on one of many victims.
The Ukrainian air drive stated Russia had launched 11 ballistic missiles and 149 drones — together with Iranian-designed Shaheds — on the nation from Sunday (February 8) night into the early hours of Monday (February 9).
Air defence models downed multiple hundred drones and a number of other of the missiles, they added with out elaborating.
Russia, which invaded Ukraine almost 4 years in the past, has bombarded its neighbour whereas becoming a member of latest rounds of U.S.-brokered talks to finish Europe’s deadliest battle since World Struggle II.
Mykhailo, a 32-year-old resident of the port metropolis of Odesa who lives on the fourth ground of a residential constructing broken in a single day, informed AFP that his house home windows had been blown out and his automobile was broken.
“First we heard the buzzing of a Shahed, after which the hit — after which one other hit,” the postal employee stated.
Seventeen-year-old pupil, additionally named Mykhailo, informed AFP that when he stepped out onto his balcony, he noticed the doorframe had been dislodged by the blast.
Native officers within the metropolis stated {that a} 35-year-old man was killed and that two extra have been wounded, together with a 19-year-old girl.
Farther north within the Kharkiv area, State emergency providers stated that they had recovered the our bodies of a girl and a 10-year-old boy after a drone assault.
And a 71-year-old man was killed by Russian drones in his mattress within the settlement of Novgorod-Siversky within the northern Chernigiv area, native authorities stated.
Although Washington desires to see the warfare finish by mid-year, Kyiv and Moscow stay at odds over territorial divisions, with Russia pushing for full management of Ukraine’s jap Donetsk area as a part of any deal.
Russia occupies round 20% of Ukraine’s land.
Printed – February 09, 2026 12:32 pm IST