Drone strikes on civilians reported on 26 October 2025

What did the reports reaching readers on 28 October 2025 show about the war's toll on civilians? Two incidents from 26 October 2025 gave part of the answer.

In Sumy Oblast, a Russian drone struck a minibus in Mykolaivka, in Sumy Raion. One person was killed and 13 others were injured, two of them seriously. The incident was listed under the 2025 Sumy offensive.

The same day, a Ukrainian drone strike hit an apartment building in Russian-controlled Donetsk, in Donetsk Oblast. Two people were killed, among them an elderly woman, and another person was injured.

What the two incidents show

Both attacks involved drones and both caused casualties in places where people live or travel: a passenger minibus in one case, a residential building in the other. The numbers differ, with 14 casualties in Mykolaivka against three in Donetsk, yet each incident shows civilians exposed to drone warfare on both sides of the front line.

The reports give no further detail on the circumstances of either strike, so any wider assessment must wait for more information. What is established is the toll: three people killed and 14 injured across the two incidents.