Russian drone kills father and three toddlers in Kharkiv Oblast home

A Russian drone strike killed a father and his three toddlers in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast, yesterday evening, Kharkiv Oblast police and prosecutors reported. The family had evacuated from another town just days earlier to escape Russian shelling. 

Father and three children killed in Bohodukhiv

A Shahed-type drone hit a detached house in Bohodukhiv around 23:30 on 10 February, Kharkiv Oblast prosecutors reported. The strike killed a 34-year-old man and his three children: two one-year-old boys and a two-year-old girl. A fire erupted across 60 m² of the property, completely destroying the house.

Rescuers pulled the children's 35-year-old mother from the wreckage alive. She is pregnant and sustained injuries, the prosecutor's office said.

"Rescuers managed to save the mother of the children. The woman suffered a blast injury, craniocerebral trauma, acoustic barotrauma, and thermal burns. She is in her 35th week of pregnancy," the statement reads.

The family had relocated to Bohodukhiv from Zolochiv just days before the attack, Kharkiv Oblast police reported. Zolochiv remains under constant Russian bombardment. Head of Kharkiv Oblast Oleh Syniehubov first confirmed the children's deaths at 00:45.

A 74-year-old woman, a neighbor of the family, also sustained injuries, the oblast head Oleh Syniehubov said. Prosecutors diagnosed her with acute stress reaction and hypertensive crisis.

Zaporizhzhia power infrastructure hit

Around 23:30 on 10 February, the Russian military struck an infrastructure facility in Zaporizhzhia, head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Ivan Fedorov reported. The attack left over 11,000 subscribers without electricity in two city districts. Windows in several residential buildings were blown out by the blast.

No casualties were reported, according to preliminary data.

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Ukraine's air defense shot down or suppressed 112 drones. 15 drones hit eight locations across the country. As of 08:00, several drones remained in Ukrainian airspace and the attack was continuing, the Air Force warned.