Russian forces struck Kharkiv and Kyiv overnight on Sept 27-28, injuring 22 people in Kharkiv, including eight children, according to Ukrainian officials. In Kyiv, a drone hit a petrol station and attacks damaged buildings across four districts.

In Kharkiv, two guided aerial bombs hit the Kyivskyi and Saltivskyi districts, with one striking an apartment building directly, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov. The Kharkiv Regional Military Administration said two boys, aged 12 and 8, were hospitalized, while six other children aged 3 to 15 were treated at the scene.

Kyiv’s toll included four injured inside the city and, in the wider region, two people killed and three injured, according to reports citing local authorities. Fires broke out at office buildings in the Pecherskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts, a non-residential building burned in Podilskyi, and a drone struck a private home in Holosiivskyi.

Context: the Kyiv Post noted the capital has faced a relentless Russian aerial campaign since Aug 27, and the strikes underscore the continued risk to civilians in major cities.