Kharkiv

Russian forces struck Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs overnight into September 28, hitting the Kyivskyi and Slobidskyi districts of the city. Regional officials reported casualties, including eight children among the wounded. The attack adds to a pattern of repeated strikes on Ukraine's second-largest city, and officials have again called for stronger air defences.

Air threat warnings report movement of Russian aerial targets toward Kharkiv, Ukraine, triggering an air alert rated 9/10 in severity. Open-source monitoring channels are passing on the warning to residents, telling people to take shelter. Kharkiv, close to the Russian border, faces frequent drone and missile attacks, and alerts of incoming aerial targets regularly circulate during ongoing strikes.