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DO NOT OBSCURE LOGO.)   An emergency service deminer works at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian drone strike in the Rivne region, Ukraine, on October 16, 2026 [Handout/State Emergency Service of Ukraine via Reuters]   (https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458)     By  (https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458) Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters   Published On 17 Oct 2026 17 Oct 2026    Russian attacks killed at least eight people and injured 60 across Ukraine, hit two shopping centres and cut power to more than a million people, Ukrainian officials have said. The attacks on Friday struck nine regions. In the eastern city of Kharkiv, a 71-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man were killed and 12 people were wounded in strikes on three districts, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/14/massive-russian-attack-on-ukraine-kills-at-least-six-cuts-power-in-kyiv) ‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine kills at least 9, damages power sites  list 2 of 3 (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/15/russia-says-ukraine-resumes-attacks-on-oil-refineries) Trump slams Zelenskyy as Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries  list 3 of 3 (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/15/ukrainians-fear-us-intelligence-cuts-as-russian-strikes-intensify) Ukrainians fear US intelligence cuts as Russian strikes intensify   end of list  Two people were killed in Kramatorsk, a frontline city in the Donetsk region, and two more in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region. In the northwestern Volyn region, which borders Poland, a drone strike on a food-processing facility killed one person and wounded eight, Governor Roman Romaniuk said. Drones also hit a customs terminal and set fire to about 10 trucks in the town of Kovel, on a major road from (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/16/poland-scrambles-fighter-jets-as-russia-strikes-western-ukraine) Kyiv to Poland . In Rivne, drones hit a major shopping centre and other sites, killing one person and wounding seven, regional governor Oleksandr Koval said. A shopping centre in Sumy, close to the front line, was also hit. (Emergency service deminers work at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian drone strike in the Rivne region, Ukraine, on October 16, 2026.)  Emergency service deminers work at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian drone strike in the Rivne region, Ukraine, on October 16, 2026 [Handout/State Emergency Service of Ukraine via Reuters]  Power cuts Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy said repair crews had restored power to more than a million people who lost it on Friday. In Volyn, about 370,000 households lost power, with supply since restored to at least 100,000 of them. The blackout could last at least 24 hours in the regional capital, Lutsk, Mayor Andriy Razumovskyi said. Advertisement    Large parts of Rivne were also left without power. Russia’s military chief told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the military had allocated the assets needed to press its aerial campaign against Ukraine’s energy system. Civilian toll Meanwhile, the United Nations said on Friday that civilian casualties in Ukraine had climbed steeply. According to UN human rights monitors, at least 328 (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/16/ukraine-repels-russian-forces-as-us-support-wavers-energy-strikes-escalate) civilians were killed and 2,105 wounded in Ukraine last month, 85 percent more than in September 2025. Between January and September 2026, 2,570 civilians were killed and 15,211 wounded, almost 60 percent more than in the same period last year and more than twice the 2024 level, the report said. “The first two weeks of October were among the deadliest periods for civilians in years,” said Danielle Bell, head of the UN’s human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine.                 aj-logo             aj-logo             aj-logo       Advertisement          About About   Show more  (https://www.aljazeera.com/about-us) About Us   (https://www.aljazeera.com/code-of-ethics/) Code of Ethics   (https://www.aljazeera.com/terms-and-conditions/) Terms and Conditions   (https://www.aljazeera.com/eu-eea-regulatory/) EU/EEA Regulatory Notice   (https://privacy.aljazeera.net/) Privacy Policy   (https://privacy.aljazeera.net/cookie/) Cookie Policy   (https://www.aljazeera.com/) Cookie Preferences    (https://trust.aljazeera.net/accessibility/) Accessibility Statement   (https://www.aljazeera.com/sitemap) Sitemap   (https://careers.aljazeera.net/) Work for us      Connect Connect   Show more  (https://network.aljazeera.net/en/contact?tid=6) Contact Us   (https://www.aljazeera.com/user-accounts-help) User Accounts Help   (https://commercial.aljazeera.net/) Advertise with us   (https://www.aljazeera.com/stay-connected) Stay Connected   (https://www.aljazeera.com/newsletters) Newsletters   (https://sat.aljazeera.net/en) Channel Finder   (https://www.aljazeera.com/schedule/) TV Schedule   (https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/) Podcasts   (https://webapps.aljazeera.net/aje/tips/) Submit a Tip   (https://www.aljazeera.com/sponsored) Paid Partner Content      Our Channels Our Channels   Show more  (http://aljazeera.net/) Al Jazeera Arabic   (https://www.aljazeera.com/) Al Jazeera English   (https://www.ajiunit.com/) Al Jazeera Investigative Unit   (https://www.aljazeeramubasher.net/) Al Jazeera Mubasher   (http://doc.aljazeera.net/) Al Jazeera Documentary   (http://balkans.aljazeera.net/) Al Jazeera Balkans   (http://ajplus.net/) AJ+      Our Network Our Network   Show more  (http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/) Al Jazeera Centre for Studies   (http://training.aljazeera.net/) Al Jazeera Media Institute   (http://learning.aljazeera.net/) Learn Arabic   (http://liberties.aljazeera.com/en) Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights   (http://forum.aljazeera.net/) Al Jazeera Forum   (https://hotels.aljazeera.net/en) Al Jazeera Hotel Partners        Follow Al Jazeera English: (https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera) facebook       (https://twitter.com/ajenglish) twitter     (https://www.youtube.com/aljazeeraenglish) youtube     (https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/?hl=en) instagram-colored-outline                          (https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml) rss     (https://bsky.app/profile/aljazeera.com) bluesky     (https://www.tiktok.com/@aljazeeraenglish) tiktok-colored-outline                  (Al Jazeera Media Network logo)   © 2026 Al Jazeera Media Network