Russian forces launched 619 drones and 47 ballistic and cruise missiles at eight Ukrainian regions overnight on 25–26 April 2026 — the largest combined aerial assault of the month — killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 60, Ukrainian officials said.
The heaviest casualties were in Dnipro, where eight people were killed and 49 wounded, including two children, in strikes on residential districts and critical infrastructure. Mayor Borys Filatov posted on social media that his deputy had narrowly escaped death when debris from an intercepted missile struck the street outside the city council building minutes after he had stepped inside. Two people were killed in Nizhyn, in the Chernihiv region; one person died in Zaporizhia when a civilian minibus took a direct hit; and at least one child was among those wounded in Kharkiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on social media: "Russia's tactics remain unchanged — attack drones, cruise missiles, and a significant number of ballistic missiles. Most targets are civilian infrastructure in cities."
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