Dnipro and Odesa are once again recovering from strikes on residential neighborhoods. Following the twenty-hour shelling of Dnipro on April 25, the deaths of nine civilians have been confirmed, and 61 people were injured; the attack the day before claimed the lives of three people. In Odesa, there are two dead and nearly two dozen injured. The week was marked by a sharp escalation of shelling in border and frontline regions. Sumy, Nizhyn, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv suffered from enemy attacks, with shelling significantly intensifying in the northern part of the Kharkiv region. The situation remains consistently difficult in the south and east—in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk regions. In Kyiv, the number of fatalities from the April 18 terrorist attack rose to seven after a man died in the hospital; seven more injured people, including a child, remain under medical supervision. At the same time, prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko provided clarification regarding the deceased, stating that the victim was not the mother of the injured child, but her older sister.
Chronicle of Russian Shelling from April 20 to April 26, 2026
As a result of Russian attacks on April 20 in the Kharkiv region, nine people were injured; the enemy used drones, MLRS, and airstrikes; UAVs attacked the Osnovianskyi district of Kharkiv. Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region suffered an airstrike and an FPV drone attack; in Mykolaivka, one administrative building was destroyed and six were damaged, along with nine apartment buildings. In Pryluky, Chernihiv region, a daytime drone attack caused a fire on the territory of the district police department, damaging administrative buildings, a library, business facilities, homes, and fifty cars; two people were injured. Daytime strikes hit Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and injuring four, including a ten-year-old child; a fire broke out, damaging private homes and non-residential buildings. In Mykolaiv and the surrounding region, parts of the city were temporarily without power due to attacks over the previous day, which also damaged an apartment building, 15 private homes, tram lines, and power lines. In Kherson, one person died from a drone strike on a car; Russians deliberately shelled residential neighborhoods, causing damage to houses. Two people in the Kyiv region were injured due to drone attacks on the residential sector, causing fires and damage in the Brovary district. Ukrainska Pravda reported that a Russian UAV hit the home of Defense Minister advisor Serhii Beskrestnov, who was hospitalized.
21 April, two people died and ten others were injured due to strikes on Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding district; in the evening, another seven people were injured in the Zaporizhzhia district, where a community center, dormitory, and village council building were partially destroyed, and a store and homes were damaged, causing a fire. In the Kharkiv region, 12 people were injured, and in Kharkiv, three apartment buildings, 14 private homes, and an administrative building were damaged. The enemy is actively shelling the north of the region, particularly the Bohodukhiv district, where significant destruction of residential infrastructure and civilian enterprises has been recorded. At night, Russians attacked Sumy with ten drones, striking the residential sector and the territory of a medical facility, destroying a house and a sports complex, and damaging 14 apartment buildings, 15 private homes, educational institutions, dormitories, a hospital; civilian cars caught fire. Over 30 people were injured in the community, including more than ten children, and some were hospitalized. Hlukhiv, Sumy region, was also under attack, with two injured people and a large-scale fire in the residential sector. In Kherson, a person was killed by a Russian drone in the morning; a 77-year-old Kherson resident who was injured during previous Russian shelling also died in the hospital; in the region, a person was injured by an explosive device. In the Chernihiv region, transport infrastructure, an agricultural enterprise, residential buildings, administrative buildings, and a communication facility were attacked, and fires raged. At night and in the morning, the enemy dropped aerial bombs—FAB-250 and FAB-1500, respectively—on the center of Sloviansk, destroying a school and damaging 15 apartment buildings, three private homes, an administrative building, shops, a beauty salon, a pharmacy, and a notary office. Five people were wounded. During the day, Russians struck with MLRS using cluster munitions, wounding civilians and causing damage.
In Zaporizhzhia on April 22, an enemy UAV attacked the sorting yard at the “Zaporizhzhia-Live” station, killing the assistant electric train driver who was on the track at the moment of the strike; the train driver was hospitalized. Eight people were injured in the region over the day. In the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and 20 were injured, including two two-year-old girls. 50 of the 80 UAV strikes recorded in the region over the day hit the Bohodukhiv district, causing extensive damage. In Kharkiv, an administrative building and a garage were damaged. In the Sumy region, three people were killed, a 17-year-old girl was injured, and there was extensive destruction, with 19 communities in the region under fire.
On April 23 in the Zaporizhzhia region, one person was killed and one was injured due to an airstrike. In the Zhytomyr region, the enemy attacked the railway, killing one person. There was also one fatality in the Donetsk region and one injury in the Chernihiv region. In the Kherson region, Russians deliberately dropped an explosive device from a drone onto a garbage truck, injuring an employee; the enemy continues to mine the city's territory. In the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and four were injured. The enemy attacked the Kyivskyi and Nemyshlianskyi districts of Kharkiv with UAVs.
As a result of enemy attacks on April 24, one person was killed and one was injured in the Zaporizhzhia region; Russians attacked a fire and rescue unit in a frontline settlement, damaging equipment and the building. There were also casualties in the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv regions. In the Donetsk region, three people were killed and seven were injured; in Kramatorsk, a UAV strike caused destruction in the residential sector. In the morning, a Russian drone attacked two people traveling on a moped in the suburbs of Kherson, killing them instantly. In the morning, Russian UAVs targeted the capital, with debris falling at two locations in the Solomianskyi district, on the territory of non-residential buildings and in a reservoir.
On the night of April 25, Russia launched a combined strike on Ukraine's critical infrastructure, using 619 UAVs and 47 missiles of various types. The main target of the strike was Dnipro. Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, and Kyiv regions were also attacked. The enemy launched six missile strikes on the Kharkiv region, killing one person and injuring five. In Kharkiv, two people were injured, including an 18-month-old boy; the enemy struck the Kyivskyi district with missiles and the Nemyshlianskyi district with UAVs, damaging a civilian enterprise, an apartment building, the Children's Railway, and transport infrastructure. In the Bila Tserkva district of the Kyiv region, the combined attack damaged critical infrastructure facilities, warehouses, production premises, and the premises and specialized equipment of an emergency rescue detachment. At night, Russians heavily shelled the Shostka community in the Sumy region, damaging residential buildings, non-residential premises, and infrastructure; one woman was injured, and another was injured in a different community. In the Chernihiv region, the combined strike resulted in two fatalities and seven injuries; Russians attacked Nizhyn and three other communities in the region. In Nizhyn, two facilities belonging to the local water utility, including the equipment inside, four households, and one house completely destroyed were damaged; in the region, the residential sector, a medical facility, and a boiler room were damaged, and fires raged. Enemy attacks partially de-energized the Tsentralnyi and Korabelnyi districts of Kherson and six settlements in the Mykolaiv region. In Sloviansk and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region, one person was injured in each city; in Sloviansk, five apartment buildings, an administrative building, a bus station, a gas station, a post office, a church, and commercial premises were damaged. In the morning, the enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia and the region, striking the territory of an educational institution in the regional center, damaging the building's facade and breaking windows. In the Zaporizhzhia district, one person was killed and four were injured in an attack on a route bus.
During the night and morning of April 26, Russian drones struck civilian infrastructure and buildings in Chernihiv, hitting several locations, damaging: windows in an apartment building and the Chernihiv Territorial Social Service Center, the market area, and a church; there were also strikes and damage to homes in other communities in the region. A drone attack killed two people in the Sumy region and injured four in the Kharkiv region. In the Donetsk region, two people were killed and five were injured; a UAV strike damaged the technical premises of a medical institution in Sloviansk. A woman died in a Kherson hospital from injuries sustained during the shelling.
More than Twenty Hours of Terror in Dnipro
April 2026 became a trial for the residents of Dnipro and the region. On Monday, April 22, Russians struck the regional center, damaging residential buildings. On the night of April 23, the enemy attacked Dnipro with drones again. Damage was recorded at four locations in the city, including a hit on an apartment building—apartments from the sixth to the ninth floor in one entrance were completely destroyed, and a fire broke out at the site of the impact. Three people died, including a girl born in 2003. The Russian attack resulted in more than ten injuries; five people were hospitalized in moderate condition, including two children, girls aged nine and 14; eight are receiving outpatient treatment, as reported by the Regional State Administration.
The attack damaged at least 13 houses, a shop, cars, an administrative building, and a non-operational building. Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov reported that the exhibition center of the Union of Artists of Ukraine and a musical instrument store were damaged.
April 24 was declared a Day of Mourning in the city for those killed on April 16 and 23. A man injured during the April 14 attack died in the hospital, increasing the death toll to seven people.
On the night of April 25 and throughout the day, the enemy massively attacked Dnipro with missiles and drones. The city sustained numerous destructions and fires, including a partially destroyed four-story building and a damaged apartment building—during the morning shelling, Russians repeatedly struck the residential block that had suffered a night attack. In total, at least 27 houses, two kindergartens, and an ambulance station were damaged; businesses and a gas station were hit; and eight trucks were destroyed.
An enemy drone hit an apartment on the third floor of an apartment building and did not detonate, leading to the evacuation of about 100 residents to neutralize the threat to people.
As a result of the hours-long shelling of the city, nine people were killed, and 61 people were injured; 31 people are in the hospital, including three children, six patients in serious condition, and the rest in moderate condition. Two police officers were also injured.
On the night of April 26, a fire broke out at an infrastructure facility following another attack on Dnipro.
In the Nikopol region, four deaths have been confirmed, with injured and hospitalized people, including boys aged 16 and 18, and one man in serious condition; two children, a one-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy, were injured over the weekend. A business, a stadium, a gas station, and apartment buildings were damaged; there was also a strike on a route bus.
The Russian army carried out several Shahed attacks on Kryvyi Rih, damaging infrastructure, apartment buildings, business facilities, and a high-voltage cable at one of the substations; fires raged at the sites of the shelling. People were injured in the attacks, including a 10-year-old boy hospitalized in moderate condition; one woman suffered a serious injury. Ukrzaliznytsia’s press service reported a strike on the city's railway infrastructure on April 23, where the blast wave damaged several windows and doors of the train station building.
Odesa Weekly
Every week, Russian drones launch targeted attacks on residential buildings in Odesa and destroy the region's port infrastructure. This week was no exception. On the night of April 22 in the Odesa region, piers, warehouses, railway infrastructure, and port operator facilities were damaged, and fires raged. Over the weekend in the south of the region, nighttime drone attacks damaged an industrial infrastructure facility, residential development, and port area, including technological equipment, oil reservoirs, and cargo transport; three people were injured.
Towards the end of the working week, on April 24, the enemy struck residential neighborhoods in Odesa. A couple, both 75 years old, were killed in the strike, 17 people were injured, and nine people remain hospitalized. Rescuers evacuated 36 residents from the damaged buildings, including two children.
In the Khadzhybeiskyi district, strikes were recorded on residential buildings, a hostel premises, and a non-residential building. In a three-story building, a drone strike destroyed apartments on the second and third floors; six people were injured, and one woman was hospitalized. In a two-story building, people died and one person was injured; 16 people were evacuated from there. Two more two-story buildings were destroyed, injuring seven people. Rescuers saved one person and evacuated 20 residents, including two children. Windows were blown out and cars were damaged in buildings adjacent to the attack sites.
A hit was recorded on a commercial vessel sailing under the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis toward one of the ports of Greater Odesa. A fire broke out on board.
“I met Diana and Nastia on the third floor amid the ashes of what was, just yesterday, their cozy home in the heart of Odesa’s Moldavanka neighborhood. The girls managed to run out at night, saving their cat, and today they are trying to find at least some of their belongings. Miraculously, the flames that claimed the lives of their neighbors downstairs could not destroy the girls' drawings, ”photojournalist Oleksandr Hymanov wrote about the destruction, deaths, and injuries in Odesa on his social media.
This material was created with the support of the British Council program “Creative Economy Grants.”
The material was prepared by:
Thematic Researcher, Text Author: Yana Yevmenova
Visual Editor: Olga Kovalova
Literary Editor: Yuliia Futei
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