Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct 19, 2026 (AFP) - Six killed as Russian drone hits park in NE Ukraine

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2026-10-19

Six people, including young children, were killed when a Russian drone struck a park in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Monday, the authorities said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decried a "pure atrocity", saying on Facebook the drone "struck people directly - in a park near an ordinary cafe". Among them was a one-year-old girl named Angelina, he wrote, reposting a picture of a young girl in a snowsuit, strapped into a stroller......

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