Russian drone kills father, 3 children in Ukraine, wounds pregnant mother

Authorities in the town of Bohodukhiv, in Kharkiv, situated near the Russian border, have declared three days of mourning.Published On 11 Feb 2026Five people, including three young children, have been killed in the latest overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, as United States-led efforts to end the nearly war continue to progress at a slow, bogged-down pace.The Ukrainian leader said on Wednesday that a Russian drone had struck a private family home in the town of Bohodukhiv in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region late on Tuesday, killing four and seriously injuring their pregnant mother, the sole survivor.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Child among 4 killed in latest Russian missile and drone barrage: Ukrainelist 2 of 4Russian drone sets fuel station ablaze in eastern Ukrainelist 3 of 4In Ukraine, deaths from hypothermia rise as Russia attacks energy systemlist 4 of 4Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,448end of listThe Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office said the strike completely destroyed the house, trapping the family beneath the rubble.It said three children were killed – twin boys aged two and their one-year-old sister – along with their father, 34.The children’s mother, who is 35 weeks pregnant, was pulled alive from the rubble by rescue teams, suffering from blast injuries, a traumatic brain injury, burns and hearing loss, prosecutors said.In this photo provided by the Ukrainian emergency services, emergency teams work to extinguish a fire at a private home in Bohodukhiv, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, that was hit by a Russian drone [Handout: Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP]Mother fights for lifeVolodymyr Bielyi, the mayor of Bohodukhiv, about 22km (13 miles) from the Russian border, announced on Facebook that the town would observe three days of mourning.“We have lost what is most precious – our future,” he said, adding that the children’s mother was fighting for her life in hospital.