New casualties in air strikes: deaths reported in Pavlohrad, Kyiv and Tula

On September 11, 2026, fresh air attacks by Russian and Ukrainian forces struck populated areas on both sides of the front, leaving civilians dead and many more wounded, officials in Kyiv and several Russian regional administrations reported.

Attacks hit shopping centres, fuel stations and regional targets

In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people were killed in Russian strikes on fuel stations and eight others were wounded. Bohdan Kukura, director of the Ukrainian oil company Ukrnafta, sharply condemned the attacks on fuel stations, saying they had no military purpose and amounted to terror against civilians.

Earlier strikes in the capital injured eight people in a residential building, and authorities reported that a woman was killed in the region around Kyiv.

In eastern Ukraine, at least seven people were killed when a Russian strike hit a shopping centre in Pavlohrad, regional governor Oleksandr Khancha said on Telegram, adding that 67 people were injured and that business premises and vehicles were damaged. Khancha also reported that two further people were killed and five injured in Dnipro. Ivan Vykhivskyi, Ukraine’s interior minister, wrote on Telegram that the attack in central Pavlohrad happened "in broad daylight." Andriy Sybiha, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said: "Russia believes that merciless attacks on civilians can wear Ukrainians down and force Ukraine to make concessions."

On Thursday, three people were killed in a separate strike on a shopping centre in Sumy.

From the Russian side, local authorities in the Tula region said two people were killed and three wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks. The Ukrainian General Staff reported strikes deep inside Russia, saying an oil refinery in Saratov on the Volga was hit and caught fire. A drone strike also sparked a blaze at a logistics centre belonging to online retailer Ozon. Kyiv has stepped up attacks in recent weeks on warehouses belonging to Ozon and Wildberries, which Ukrainian authorities consider legitimate targets because they allegedly sell equipment to Russian forces.

Russian regional governor Roman Busargin said civilian infrastructure was damaged. In Volgograd, a missile strike damaged two apartment blocks and an industrial site, injuring two people. In the Perm region, local authorities reported drones hit two industrial facilities. Both Moscow and Kyiv deny deliberately targeting civilians and say their operations are aimed at legitimate military-related targets.

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