Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched from positions over the Caspian Sea at approximately 2:30 a.m. on 25 April 2026, unleashing a combined wave of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and Shahed kamikaze drones across Ukraine in one of the war's heaviest overnight strikes since March.
In Odesa, residential buildings were struck by Russian missiles, killing two people and injuring 15 others. Among the 17 casualties were nine women and eight men ranging in age from 18 to 83, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service. Dnipro was also hit — a residential apartment building and an industrial facility sustained direct impacts, with damage assessments still under way as of Friday morning.
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