Russian drone strike on Ukrainian park kills three children including one-year-old in stroller

Russian drone strike on Ukrainian park kills three children including one-year-old in stroller At least 15 others were wounded, including seven children, in the strike on Monday as newly released UN figures showed a massive jump in deaths and injuries as a result of the war A one-year-old child has been killed after a Russia drone strike hit a park Ukraine 's northeastern Kharkiv, where families with children had gathered. Civilian deaths and injuries jumped 85% in September compared to one year earlier, according to a United Nations report. This comes after Russian strikes on Monday, October 19 killed the one-year-old in a stroller with several others nearby wounded. "Unfortunately, two women and an infant who was in a stroller were killed," Ukrainian official Ivan Vyhivskyi wrote on Telegram. At least 15 others were wounded, including seven children, said Kharkiv Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov. There were six fatalities, including three children. US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Russia had not been "doing much" in the country. "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," he told reporters. The US leader said he has been working to negotiate a peace deal, but claimed Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for standing in the way. UN human rights monitors warned that Russia's intensifying attacks had driven civilian casualties to some of the highest levels since war broke out in February 2022. The UN said that in Kyiv alone, civilians were killed or injured on 22 of September's 30 days. This is the highest frequency recorded in any month since the invasion. At least 328 civilians were killed and another 2,105 injured in September, posing an 85% increase in casualties over the same month last year, reports the New York Post. The latest figures bring the verified civilian toll for the first nine months of 2026 to 2,570 dead and 15,211 wounded, a 59% increase in total casualties over the same period last year. Fatal attacks have continued into October. "The first two weeks of October were among the deadliest periods for civilians in years," said Danielle Bell, head of the UN's human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine.