Russian drone strike on a park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region: six killed, two of them children
Place: Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv regionRegion: Kharkiv and Kharkiv regionautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
There are no Russian reports of the strike in the sample. Ukrainian and independent sources both report six dead, two of them children, and 15 injured. They differ on the age of the second girl killed: according to Zelensky, as relayed by Ukrainska Pravda and DW, she was 11, while The Kyiv Independent, citing Syniehubov, names an eight-year-old girl and writes that Zelensky named a 14-year-old among the dead. The drone type is given differently ("Shahed" in Zelensky's words, "Geran-3" according to preliminary prosecution findings).
What Russia reports
no reports found
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary RBC-Ukraine, citing Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi, writes that the occupiers struck the central park of Nova Vodolaha with a drone while many people, including families with children, were there. The death toll was revised during the evening: Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov first spoke of three children killed, then, according to updated data, of two children and four adults; 15 people were injured, seven of them children, and a café was also damaged. Ukrainska Pravda quotes Volodymyr Zelensky: the "Shahed" hit "practically just people" near an ordinary café, a girl just over a year old was killed and her mother died in hospital, and the second girl killed was 11. Zelensky urged that sanctions on Russia not be lifted while the killing continues and asked the US to apply Lindsey Graham's law.
“Окупанти дроном ударили по центральному парку Нової Водолаги”
“За уточненими даними, у Новій Водолазі загинули двоє дітей і четверо дорослих”
“ударив фактично просто по людях”
“Іншій убитій дівчинці було 11 років”
“Ми просимо НЕ знімати санкції з Росії, поки вбивства не припинились”
- Дрон ударив по парку Нової Водолаги: шестеро загиблих, серед них - двоє дітей — RBC-Ukraine, 19 October, 16:53
- Зеленський про удар по парку на Харківщині: загинула однорічна дівчинка, її мама померла в лікарні — Ukrainska Pravda, 19 October, 20:00
- Окупанти вдарили по парку на Харківщині: загинули двоє дітей і четверо дорослих — Ukrainska Pravda, 19 October, 19:33
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW, citing Syniehubov, reports that a Russian Shahed-type drone hit a park in the settlement of Nova Vodolaha; six people were killed, among them children aged one and 11, and 15 were injured, seven of them children; the outlet quotes Zelensky calling it an "absolute atrocity" and urging that sanctions on Russia not be lifted. The Kyiv Independent gives different ages: according to Syniehubov, the dead include two girls aged eight and one, three women and a man of about 40; the strike hit the central park when many families with children were there. According to preliminary prosecution findings, a Geran-3 drone was used, and a pre-trial investigation into a possible war crime has been opened. The outlet also writes that Zelensky named a 14-year-old girl as another victim.
“Погибли шесть человек, среди них дети 1 года и 11 лет”
“Абсолютное зверство”
“The victims included two girls, aged eight and one”
“According to preliminary findings, Russian forces used a Geran-3 drone for the attack.”
“Prosecutors have opened a pre-trial investigation into a possible war crime”
- Дрон РФ ударил по парку близ Харькова: погибли шестеро, среди них дети — DW (RU), 19 October, 22:47
- 'Absolute atrocity' — Russian drone strike on park in Kharkiv Oblast kills children — Kyiv Independent, 19 October, 18:38
Confirmation
Confirmation: confirmed by independent sources
The event is reported by international or exile independent outlets and no contradictions in the facts between the groups were detected. This does not mean the independent outlets verified every detail.
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