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Russian strikes kill eight, injure dozens across Ukraine

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Russian military strikes killed eight people and injured dozens across Ukraine, including six children hurt by a bomb that hit an apartment block in Kharkiv. Strikes also damaged multiple buildings in Kyiv, Sumy, Odesa, and Zaporizhia regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported over 2,200 drone attacks and nearly 1,630 aerial bombs by Russia in the past week, emphasizing that these strikes contradict Russian claims of de-escalation efforts.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "terrorising" Ukrainians after recent attacks killed eight people and injured dozens across the country. In Kharkiv, an apartment building was hit by a guided Russian aerial bomb early on Monday, injuring at least 15 people including children. The attack destroyed two floors in a multi-story building in Saltivskyi district, forcing rescuers to evacuate 32 people from the damaged structure. Meanwhile, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in New York amid rising tensions over Russia's military actions and security concerns regarding potential threats like the deployment of armed drones at Leipzig airport.

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“The articles describe different attacks occurring over multiple days and in different locations.”
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Russian NORP · 8× Ukraine GPE · 8× Russia GPE · 5× Ukrainian NORP · 5× Kyiv ORG · 4× Moscow GPE · 3× Kharkiv GPE · 2× Telegram ORG · 2× Zelenskyy PERSON · 2× Ihor Terekov PERSON · 1×

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🔮 Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekov said on his Telegram account that a guided Russian aerial bomb hit an apartment block early on Monday, destroying two floors of the multistorey building.
2026-09-28 · Al Jazeera
Russian strikes kill eight, injure dozens across Ukraine · assertive framing

Claims (20 extracted, 2 hedged)

A Russian military strike on northeastern Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has injured at least 22 people, including children, less than a day after eight people were killed in attacks nationwide. asserted
people → injure → attacks
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekov said on his Telegram account that a guided Russian aerial bomb hit an apartment block early on Monday, destroying two floors of the multistorey building. asserted
bomb → say → building
Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3German, Russian foreign ministers hold rare talks amid rising tensions - list 2 of 3Russia scales up strikes on Ukraine as largest steelmaker halts operations - list 3 of 3Poland boosts air defence after ‘Russian provocations’ amid Ukraine war He said six children were among the injured. asserted
children → hold → injured
Russian attacks were also reported across Ukraine on Sunday. asserted
attacks → report → Sunday
Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vyhivskyi said three people, including a 16-year-old girl, were killed in air strikes that damaged a children’s centre in the northern city of Sumy. asserted
that → say → Sumy
Authorities in the Odesa region, meanwhile, said a “massive strike” on the south of the Black Sea region killed one person and damaged residential buildings, a shop, a hotel, a medical building, and a grain warehouse. asserted
strike → say → buildings
And in the capital, Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a woman and two 16-year-olds were injured and hospitalised. “The enemy continues to relentlessly attack the Kyiv region with strike drones,” the city’s administration said. asserted
administration → say → drones
“Sixteen sites have been damaged”, including 12 houses, a warehouse and a production facility, it added. asserted
it → damage → houses
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that three people were killed in strikes in the southern Zaporizhia region and that a Russian drone strike had killed one man in Kyiv. asserted
strike → say → Kyiv
Zelenskyy said in a post on his X account that Russia had launched more than 2,200 attack drones, 1,630 aerial bombs and 38 missiles of various types against Ukraine in the past week. asserted
Russia → say → week
“If Russia were truly preparing for any real steps towards de-escalation, as it claims, particularly to American negotiators, this wave of Shahed terror would not be happening,” Zelenskyy said in later comments, referring to the Iran-developed drones Moscow has used against Ukraine. uncertain
Moscow → prepare → Ukraine
In Moscow, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it had bombed a Kyivstar data centre in Kyiv and another belonging to the Omega Telecom company. asserted
it → say → company
It said that the firms were providing services to the Ukrainian army. asserted
firms → say → army
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Saturday that Moscow intended to continue its military campaign “to the end”. asserted
Moscow → tell → end
Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region on Monday, according to local reports. uncertain
drones → strike → reports
Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ published footage of a large fire and identified the facility as the Pavlovskaya oil depot. asserted
channel → publish → depot
No injuries have been reported so far. asserted
injuries → report → ?
Ukraine has intensified its targeting of Russian oil infrastructure in recent weeks. asserted
Ukraine → intensify → weeks
United States-led talks to end the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have failed to produce a breakthrough, and the UN has highlighted the growing civilian toll. asserted
UN → lead → toll
Both sides deny targeting civilians. asserted
sides → deny → civilians
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