Key facts
- Russia launched a drone attack on Hostomel in Kyiv Oblast on October 3, 2026.
- Four people were injured, including an 8-year-old girl with a shrapnel wound.
- A warehouse reportedly belonging to Venta LTD, a pharmaceutical distributor, was struck.
- Multiple production facilities were also set ablaze in the attack.
Russia launched a drone attack on the city of Hostomel in Kyiv Oblast on the evening of October 3, 2026, striking warehouses and reportedly injuring four people, including a child, officials reported. Kyiv Oblast Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko reported that two men and one woman suffered a multitude of injuries in the attack. An 8-year-old girl sustained a shrapnel wound to a lower limb, Tkachenko said. At least one of the injured victims was hospitalized, though the full extent of the injuries was not immediately clear. Among the targets of the attack was reportedly a warehouse of Venta LTD, Ukraine's third largest pharmaceutical distributor, according to sources cited by Economic Pravda. Tkachenko stated that a warehouse and several unspecified production facilities were set ablaze, though officials did not specify which company was affected. The Kyiv Independent was not able to immediately verify the reports, and company officials had not yet commented on the attack. Russia has intensified its attacks against Ukraine's capital region since August, launching hours-long drone attacks at civilian targets. Earlier on October 3, a Russian drone struck the Southern Bridge over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, marking the fourth such strike on the bridge in two days.