Russia airstrike kills 10 in Dnipro
- Russia hit Dnipro in repeated drone-and-missile waves on April 25, killing 10 people across Ukraine and injuring at least 67, with the southeastern city taking the heaviest civilian damage. - Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 619 drones and 47 missiles overnight, while Dnipro endured more than 20 hours of attacks that hit a residential block twice. - The barrage showed Russia still pairing nightly drone pressure with occasional mass strikes as Ukraine leans on Western air-defense support. (state.gov)
Russian forces struck Dnipro in repeated waves on April 25, part of a nationwide barrage that killed 10 people and injured at least 67 across Ukraine. (al-monitor.com) (kyivindependent.com) Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said Dnipro was hit three times overnight and during the day, with a large section of an apartment building collapsing in the first strike. (al-monitor.com) Hanzha said the same area was hit again while rescuers were working, killing one person and injuring seven in what local officials described as a double-tap attack. (kyivindependent.com) (al-monitor.com) Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 619 drones and 47 missiles overnight, and reported intercepting 580 drones and 30 missiles. (kyivindependent.com) Reuters reported thick black smoke over Dnipro on Saturday morning, and local officials said the city was under attack for more than 20 hours. (al-monitor.com) The strikes also hit Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa and Kyiv regions, according to Ukrainian officials. In Chernihiv region, two people were killed in Nizhyn, and Zaporizhzhia region reported one death in a civilian minibus strike. (kyivindependent.com) (aljazeera.com) Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had hit military-industrial and energy targets overnight, but Reuters said it did not comment on the apartment block strike in Dnipro. (al-monitor.com) President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia’s tactics were unchanged and accused Moscow of targeting civilian infrastructure in cities. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said residential buildings and critical infrastructure were being struck. (aljazeera.com) (al-monitor.com) The attack landed as Ukraine remains heavily dependent on Western-supplied air defenses. The U.S. State Department says Washington has provided three Patriot batteries, 12 National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, HAWK systems and other air-defense equipment to Ukraine. (state.gov) In Dnipro, the immediate work was still rescue and recovery after a day of strikes that tore through homes, vehicles and businesses. Officials said the operations there had concluded after the waves of attacks finally stopped. (kyivindependent.com)
