Russian guided bombs kill seven in Kharkiv and wound dozens

Gwara Media reported that Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov said the attack involved one missile, three guided bombs, artillery and 195 drones of various types. A guided bomb is a cheap but heavy munition dropped from an aircraft that glides to its target on a wing kit. The governor said three of them fell on Kharkiv on 5 October. He said six of the dead and 59 of the injured were in the city's Slobidskyi district. Sources diverge on the number injured. The Kyiv Independent reported 70, while Gwara Media, quoting the governor, reported 80, including three children. Gwara said 18 people were hospitalised, two in serious condition.

The Kyiv Independent reported at least 13 dead and 104 injured across Ukraine over 24 hours. Three people were killed in Donetsk and one each in Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Kherson. In Kryvyi Rih a hospital was hit by Banderol cruise missiles, injuring four people, two of them medical staff. The Kyiv Independent also reported that on the night of 6 October one of the bridges over the Dnipro in Zaporizhzhia was hit by a drone and closed to traffic. Five people were injured, two of them Red Cross workers.

As of 6 October no Russian statement on these attacks could be obtained. Neither the claim that the targets were military nor the civilian casualty figures could be independently verified. An EA WorldView round-up on 6 October said Ukraine shot down 114 of 137 Russian drones the same night. The Kyiv Independent reported that Kyiv's Southern and Northern bridges were also targeted several times between 1 and 4 October. The pattern of attacks is widening from the power grid to transport infrastructure.