# Five children dead in Russian strike on Ukraine

> Ukrainian strikes kill 28 including five children as Russia targets civilian areas.
- Title: Five children dead in Russian strike on Ukraine · Malay Mail
- Summary: Ukrainian strikes kill 28 including five children as Russia targets civilian areas. Russian airstrikes in Ukraine killed at least 28 people including five…
- Keywords: russian strikes, ukraine, pryluky, zeleny, civilian casualties, missiles, drones, kyiv, news, world, Five, children
- Source: Malay Mail — https://malaymail.com/news/world/2026/10/08/five-children-among-28-killed-as-russian-strikes-hit-ukraine/238178
- Published: 2026-10-08T09:35:16+00:00
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- Topics: russian strikes, ukraine, pryluky, zeleny, civilian casualties, missiles, drones, kyiv, news, world
## Ukrainian casualties
Russian strikes killed at least 28 people including five children in Pryluky.

> Five children among 28 killed as Russian strikes hit Ukraine
## Zelensky's statement
President Zelensky said three dead were 12 months old while another was eight years old.

> three of the dead were just 12 months old while another was aged eight
## Rescue operations
Rescuers carried bodies from a collapsed five-storey apartment block in Pryluky.

> Rescuers and volunteers carry a body of a local resident as they conduct search and rescue operations
## Civilian impact
Residents described windows shattering and buildings reduced to charred concrete.

> Windows shattered in the powerful blast in Pryluky, reducing half of the five-storey building to a smoking pile of charred concrete
## Kyiv attacks
Kyiv experienced two deaths from strikes in Darnytskyi neighborhood and power cuts.

> Two people died in a fire caused by a strike in the densely populated Darnytskyi neighborhood
## Zelensky's warning
Zelensky warned of massive Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure.

> Zelensky on Tuesday warned of a 'massive' Russian attack, particularly targeting energy infrastructure
## Missile count
Ukraine's air force intercepted 50 missiles and 130 drones during the night.

> Russia launched at least 50 missiles and 120 drones during the night
## Civilian casualties
Two children died in Russia-occupied Kherson region and Donetsk area.

> two people, including a teenage girl, were killed in a drone strike
## Ukraine's response
Ukraine targeted oil facilities and training grounds in Russia's Perm, Samara and Astrakhan regions.

> Ukraine's 'just responses' to Russian strikes saw it hit two oil facilities and a training ground
## Key takeaway

Russian airstrikes in Ukraine killed at least 28 people including five children in Pryluky, with Zelensky calling it 'deliberate terror' against civilians.