Kharkiv
Russia killed eight overnight.
Six were agricultural workers in the Kharkiv region. A man and a woman died in Kyiv. Zelenskyy had just asked the U.N. to starve Moscow of money.
The Rocket News · Foreign Desk · KharkivSeptember 24, 2026 · 4 min read
KHARKIV — Russian drones and missiles killed at least eight civilians overnight, Ukrainian officials said Thursday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stood in the General Assembly and asked the world to cut Russia’s revenue. Interior Minister Ihor Vyhivskyi said a strike in the Kharkiv region killed six agricultural workers and wounded 12. In Kyiv a man and a woman were killed. Odesa reported a heavy bombardment.
Zelenskyy told the Assembly on Wednesday that countries should starve Moscow of the money that keeps the war going, through sanctions and trade bans. He has made the same request at earlier sessions. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the overnight strikes hit arms factories, telecommunications, and logistics in Kyiv and the Odesa region.
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The United Nations said last week that more Ukrainian civilians were killed and wounded in the first eight months of 2026 than in all of 2025. The invasion is in its fifth year. The World War desk files the dead, not the speech.
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