Key facts
- Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least eight and wounded 30 others over the past day.
- A child wounded in a Russian strike on Kyiv Oblast on September 19 died in the hospital.
- Russian troops launched 138 attack drones against Ukraine, of which 101 were intercepted.
- Seven people were injured in Donetsk Oblast.
- Three people were killed and 11 others wounded in Kherson Oblast.
- Four people were killed and five injured in Sumy Oblast.
Russian attacks across Ukraine have resulted in at least eight deaths and 30 injuries over the past day, according to local authorities reporting on September 20, 2026. In a separate incident, a child who had been wounded in a Russian strike on Kyiv Oblast on September 19 died in the hospital.
Kyiv Oblast Governor Tymur Tkachenko had previously reported that a mother and child were wounded in an attack on September 19, with the child later succumbing to their injuries. The Ukrainian Air Force stated that Russian forces deployed 138 attack drones, of which 101 were intercepted.
Regional authorities provided further details on casualties: In Donetsk Oblast, seven people were injured. In Kharkiv Oblast, three individuals, including a 19-year-old man, a 32-year-old woman, and a 50-year-old man, sustained injuries. Zaporizhzhia Oblast reported one fatality and three injuries. In Kherson Oblast, three people were killed and 11 others, including a child, were wounded, with two of the Kherson victims injured by drones that morning. Sumy Oblast reported two men aged 45 and 58 and two women aged 56 and 76 killed, along with five other injuries. In Chernihiv Oblast, one person was wounded by a first-person view drone near the border.