NATO jets scrambled as Russia launches brutal attack killing children and pensioners

NATO jets scrambled as Russia launches brutal attack killing children and pensionersF16 fighter jets have been launched by NATO after a brutal fresh wave of attacks by Russia has seen eight-year-old boy Cherkasy is among those killed in UkraineCommentsNewsWill Stewart Russia Correspondent and Tim Hanlon News Reporter08:23, 15 Apr 2026Updated 08:36, 15 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesRomanian F16 planes have been launched (stock image)(Image: TOMS KALNINS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)NATO fighter jets have been scrambled after a new brutal wave of strikes by Russia where children and pensioners have been killed in Ukraine.‌A boy aged eight died in a drone strike on Cherkasy, which also left 14 wounded. A 74-year-old kiosk saleswoman was killed in a sickening attack on a bus stop in Zaporizhzhia.‌Ukraine struck military targets including dramatic footage showing a FPV drone killing a Russian soldier as he walked beside a pond across the war zone in on the Pokrovsky front line in the disputed Donetsk region.‌View 3 ImagesA drone attack on an office building in Zaporizhzhia this week(Image: Ukrinform/Shutterstock)READ MORE: Trump to meet King Charles off-camera after series of spats with world leaders in Oval OfficeREAD MORE: Trump says Iran war 'very close to over' despite failed negotiations and naval blockadeThe Vladimir Putin fighter attempted to shoot at the drone from the 414th Madyar Birds brigade - but it exploded in a fireball throwing him backwards towards the water.Russian strikes across Ukraine in past 24 hours included renewed attacks on Odesa region ports on the River Danube - just half a mile from NATO territory in Romania.‌“Two F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force from the Air Police Combat Service took off from the 86th Air Base in Fetești, and the air defence systems were put into firing positions,” said a statement from the country’s Ministry of National Defence.“Within a few hours, another group of drones was detected moving towards Izmail [Ukraine], a...