Russian Drones Strike Two Kharkiv Districts Overnight

Russian forces carried out two drone strikes on Kharkiv in the early hours of Wednesday, hitting the Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts. Officials said drone debris fell on a road and an infrastructure facility caught fire, while casualty reports were not immediately available. Make us preferred on Google Flip Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on February 11, 2026, shows firefighters working to extinguish a fire at a private house following a Russian drone attack in Bogodukhiv Kharkiv region. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian State Emergency Service / AFP) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google Russian forces carried out two drone strikes on Kharkiv in the early hours of Wednesday, hitting the city’s Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts, local officials said. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said debris from a Russian drone fell on a road in the Shevchenkivskyi district.  Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . In the Kholodnohirskyi district, Russian forces struck an infrastructure facility, sparking a fire at the site of the hit. Information about casualties from the strikes was not immediately available. Nine people were injured, including three children, and 38 private homes were damaged when Russian forces attacked Kharkiv’s Novobavarskyi district with a drone on Friday. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization since 1995. Its international market reach of 97% outside of Ukraine makes it truly Ukraine’s Global – and most reliable – Voice.