Three Children Among Eight Dead in Russian Strike on Ukraine

Sun Sep 06 2026 09:03:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

A Russian missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian village of Radushne killed eight people, including three children, amid a surge of strikes near Kyiv.

On 30 July 2026 a ballistic missile struck the Ukrainian village of Radushne, a few kilometres from Kryvyi Rih. Eight people died, including a six‑year‑old girl and two boys aged eleven and seventeen. The strike destroyed two homes and wounded eight others. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack was part of a broader assault that saw more than 70 missiles and 280 drones launched overnight. Ukrainian officials are appealing for Patriot missile licenses to defend against such ballistic threats.

Three Children Among Eight Dead in Russian Strike on Ukraine

On 30 July 2026 a Russian ballistic missile struck the Ukrainian village of Radushne, a few kilometres from Kryvyi Rih, killing eight people, including three children. The strike destroyed two private homes and left eight others wounded, among them an 84‑year‑old woman and two surviving children pulled from rubble. Local defence council chief Oleksandr Vilkul said the missile hit a large family’s home, blowing it into smithereens. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as part of a larger barrage that saw more than 70 missiles and 280 drones launched overnight.

Zelensky warned just hours before the strikes that Moscow was preparing a massive attack, prompting him to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington to request a licence for Patriot interceptor missiles, which he said are essential to Ukraine’s defence against ballistic threats. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that a Kh‑101 missile had breached Polish airspace, landing in a field near Tarnawa‑Kolonia. Russian officials reported an attack on a Wildberries retailer warehouse in Penza, with one person injured.

The artillery barrage has intensified after a pattern of Russian strikes targeted civilian infrastructure across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Poltava, and Lviv, where fires broke out in non‑residential buildings. Ukrainian officials are calling for increased air‑defence support as part of a broader effort to protect the population from incoming ballistic and drone attacks.