Drone strike on Ukraine park kills six, officials say

A drone strike hit the central park in Nova Vodolaha, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, on October 19, killing six people, including three children, and injuring at least 15, Ukrainian officials said. Seven of those injured were children, officials said. The strike occurred as families were in the park, according to Ukrainian authorities. The Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutors Office said the attack also damaged a nearby cafe and opened a pretrial investigation into a possible war crime. Ukrainian official Ivan Vyhivskyi said two women and an infant in a stroller were among those killed. Kharkiv Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported six deaths, including three children, and at least 15 injuries. Officials identified two of the children killed as girls aged 14 months and 11 years. The sources do not establish the drone’s origin or type independently; one preliminary account attributed its use to Russian forces and identified it as a Geran-3. The attack took place in northeastern Ukraine, southwest of the city of Kharkiv. Ukrainian officials said Russian forces had also attacked Kharkiv and 17 other settlements in the region over the preceding day, leaving 11 people injured. That...