A father and three children were killed in a Russian drone air strike in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine

The attack on the town of Pohodokhiev claimed the lives of 34-year-old Grigory and his three children – two-year-old twin boys, Ivan and Vladislav, and their one-year-old sister, Miroslava, Oleg Sinigubov, governor of the Kharkiv region, said on Telegram.

The family had just been evacuated from Zolochiv, a front-line town about 25 miles from the Russian border, in an attempt to escape constant bombardment.

Sinigubov said they were spending their first night in their new home when the raid occurred.

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The aftermath of a drone attack in the city of Pohodokhiv in the Kharkiv region that killed four people, including three children, in Pohodokhiv, Ukraine, on February 11, 2026. (Carlo Bravo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Olga, the 35-year-old mother of 35 weeks pregnant, survived minor injuries and burns and was later discharged from hospital after receiving medical care.

“the Russian army “An ordinary residential building was targeted again in the middle of the night. Another act of terrorism by the state fighting against the civilian population – against young children, pregnant women and the elderly,” Sinigubov said.

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office said that preliminary data indicates the use of a Jeran-2 drone in the attack.

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A resident touches a Russian-Iranian Shahed-136 (Geran-2) kamikaze drone installed in front of St. Michael’s Cathedral as part of an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles and weapons, in Kiev, Ukraine, November 26, 2025. (Valentin Ogirenko/Reuters)

“Jiran-2” is the Russian name for the Iranian-designed Shahed-136, a unidirectional attack drone that explodes on impact, and which Moscow has widely used to strike Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

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Russian forces carried out additional strikes across the border and front-line areas, including launching 470 attack drones into Kherson in one day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday in a post on X.

Damaged buildings and debris are seen after a drone attack in the city of Pohodokhiev in the Kharkiv region on February 11, 2026. (Carlo Bravo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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“Gas supplies are being restored in the Donetsk region – also in the wake of the Russian strike. It happened Strikes on infrastructure He wrote: “In the Dnipro region, in the Sinelnikov region. Some consumers are currently without electricity in Zaporizhia after the ‘shahd’ strikes, and restoration work is underway.”

Zelensky said he directed military and community leaders to put in place additional measures to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure.