Russian attacks kill 4 and wound more than 20 in Ukraine’s Dnipro; 1
killed in Russia
[April 25, 2026]
By ELISE MORTON and SAMYA KULLAB
KYIV,
Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city
of Dnipro killed at least four people and wounded 21, local authorities
said Saturday.
The bodies of the four were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in
the overnight attacks, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Ganzha
said. |
Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a
Russian strike, in Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mykola
Synelnykov) |
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that there
were “11 people in hospitals in Dnipro after the Russian attack
on the city.”
“The Russians have been hitting Dnipro and other cities and
communities practically all night,” Ganzha wrote on Telegram of
the attacks, which caused fires to break out across Dnipro and
partially destroyed several apartment buildings, businesses and
a private house.
To the southwest, two people were wounded in overnight drone
attacks on the Odesa region.
Residential buildings, port infrastructure and cars were damaged
in the south of the region, regional head Oleh Kiper said
Saturday.
In Russia, a woman was killed and a man was seriously wounded by
a drone strike in the border region of Belgorod, local officials
said.
Following the overnight attacks, Romania’s defense ministry said
Saturday that drone fragments were found in a residential area
of the southeastern city of Galati, near the NATO member’s
border with Ukraine. No casualties were reported.
Romania has confirmed drone fragments on its territory on
multiple occasions.
The overnight attacks followed a prisoner swap Friday, in which
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 193 service members.
Periodic prisoner exchanges have been one of the few positive
outcomes of otherwise fruitless monthslong U.S.-brokered
negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. The talks have delivered
no progress on key issues preventing an end to Russia’s invasion
of its neighbor, now in its fifth year.
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Morton reported from London. Stephen McGrath contributed to this
story from Leamington Spa, England.
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