Kharkiv region

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian forces attacked Ukrainian regions throughout the night and into the morning. In Kharkiv, a strike partially destroyed the second and fourth floors of a high-rise apartment building. Kyiv also sustained damage from drone attacks, with residential areas hit. The strikes are the latest in Russia's ongoing aerial campaign against Ukrainian cities.

Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have left households without electricity across eight Ukrainian regions as of Friday morning, including Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv oblasts. Ukrainian authorities report the outages stem directly from attacks on the power grid, the latest in a campaign targeting energy facilities that has repeatedly disrupted heating and electricity supply during the war.

Russian forces are accused of using civilians as human shields during their retreat near Kupiansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, in what is being described as another potential war crime. The report has been shared widely, with calls for the International Criminal Court and international media in Brussels to pay attention to the alleged violation.

Russian forces struck a high-rise residential building in Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district, injuring 25 people, among them nine children. The casualty figure was confirmed by Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional administration, who released photos and video of the damaged building. The attack on a civilian apartment block has drawn renewed attention to ongoing strikes on the city.

Russian forces shelled the central market in Izium, Kharkiv region, using a multiple rocket launcher system. The attack sparked a fire that destroyed around 20 trade pavilions at the market. The strike on a civilian shopping area has drawn renewed attention to ongoing Russian attacks on populated areas of the Kharkiv region.

Russian forces on September 27 moved civilians out of the Kupiansk community in Ukraine's Kharkiv region through a gas pipeline, according to Ukrainian officials. Reports say children and elderly people were allegedly used as cover while Russian troops withdrew from their positions. The episode has drawn attention as the situation in the Kupiansk district remains intense.

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.

The number of people injured in an attack on Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district has risen to 22. Mayor Ihor Terekhov also reported a hostile Molniya drone striking the Shevchenkivskyi district, with regional governor Oleh Syniehubov saying the drone hit the ground and consequences are still being clarified. Further details of the strike have not been released.