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

On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, a Russian drone strike in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, killed a father and his three young children. The attack completely destroyed the family's home, trapping them under the rubble. The victims included twin two-year-old boys and their one-year-old sister, along with their 34-year-old father. The children's mother, who is 35 weeks pregnant, was rescued from the wreckage with severe injuries, including burns, a traumatic brain injury, and hearing loss. Ukrainian officials reported that the attack occurred overnight. The United Nations reported that civilian deaths in Ukraine have risen since 2022 due to increased Russian aerial attacks.

On February 11, 2026, marked as day 1,448 of the Russia-Ukraine war, intense fighting continued across multiple regions. A Russian attack in Bohodukhiv killed four, including three young children, while energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv region suffered damage, leading to an energy emergency. A Russian missile strike in the Donetsk region killed a mother and daughter. Simultaneously, Ukrainian attacks reportedly killed five in Vasylivka and a priest in Skelki, both Russian-occupied areas of Zaporizhia, and caused power outages in other occupied areas, including disrupting power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. In Russia's Belgorod region, a Ukrainian drone strike killed one person. The US ambassador to NATO announced that 21 NATO allies and two partners pledged over $4.5 billion in US weapons for Ukraine through the PURL initiative.