Russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia kills at least 15 people

ByVitaly Shevchenko and Tom McArthur. 10 October 2026, 11: 29 BST.

Key points

• Russia has additionally targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure, ramping up attacks every winter since Putin rolled out a full-scale invasion in 2022.
• Russia has attacked the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with five glide bombs, killing at least 15 individuals including three children, President Volodymyr Zelensky and emergency services have stated.
• The Russian attacks happened just hours after President Donald Trump confirmed a agreement to import Russian diesel into the US.
• On Thursday, at least 33 individuals were killed in another Russian glide bomb attack on two civilian buses in Kramatorsk, in the eastern Donetsk region.
• Zelensky remarked 13 other regions had additionally been hit overnight, adding: "Our responses to Russian strikes will come".

Notably, the glide bombs hit residential buildings in the south-eastern city. At least 16 other individuals were injured in the attack, with more still missing and believed to be under the rubble after the strike on Saturday morning.

Notably, the Russian attacks happened just hours after President Donald Trump confirmed a agreement to import Russian diesel into the US.

Photos and videos from the site of one of the strikes show an apartment block mostly destroyed.

"The ground floor was hit, and the floors above just collapsed, " acting Mayor Regina Kharchenko informed Ukrainian television, speaking from the scene.

She remarked more than 80 workers were involved in ongoing search and rescue operations which are anticipated to continue throughout the day.

Notably, the rescuers regularly stop to listen for any noises created by survivors who could be under the rubble.

Kharchenko remarked Russia had struck at "our very heart" and "our littlest ones" were among those killed, adding that their deaths were "awful grief for their families. For the city."

Russia targeting 'ordinary life' with attacks on Ukraine's data centres, Zelensky notes.

Analysis: Trump's shock Russia accord highlights mounting pressure to curb fuel costs.

Zelensky has heavily criticised Trump's diesel accord with Russia, calling it a gift to President Vladimir Putin that amounts to "an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged".

More lately, in his response to the overnight strikes, he stated Russia interprets any easing of pressure as a signal that it can supposedly continue the war.

"Russia must understand that the war needs to be stopped, and for that, it must feel its losses, " he wrote on X, external.

As the war between the two countries drags on, both Russia and Ukraine have stepped up attacks on infrastructure in recent months.

Zaporizhzhia is a major regional centre with more than 700, 000 residents. It is located less than 10 miles (16 km) from the front line and is frequently attacked by Russian drones and missiles.

For context, the latest strikes on the city comes against the backdrop of a sharp rise in the number of Russian attacks that are causing higher numbers of civilian casualties.

In practice, the day before, 22 individuals including five children died as a Russian missile hit an apartment block in the town of Pryluky, east of Kyiv.

According to the UN, the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine jumped by 55%, external in the first eight months of this year.

For its part, Ukraine has attacked Russia's infrastructure – with the latest being strikes on data centres owned by tech giant Yandex.

For now, russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia kills at least 15 people remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.