In total, the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine, in Dnipro and in the Zaporizhia region, left at least six dead and nearly forty injured, according to the Ukrainian authorities, while Russia counted at least one dead and three injured in strikes on its territory.

Published on: 04/25/2026 - 09:56 Modified on: 04/25/2026 - 12:08

At least five people were killed and 34 others injured, including two children, in Russian strikes in Dnipro, in east-central Ukraine, the authorities announced on Saturday April 25, leading Volodymyr Zelensky to call for new sanctions against Moscow.

In total, the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine have left at least six dead and nearly forty injured, according to the Ukrainian authorities, while Russia has counted at least one dead and three injured in strikes on its territory.

“Almost all night, the Russians bombed Dnipro and our other cities and communities,” the Ukrainian president wrote on social media, adding that most of the targets were urban infrastructure.

More than 100 kilometers from the front line that runs through eastern and southern Ukraine, the industrial city of Dnipro was hardest hit after already being targeted several times in recent days.

The toll from Russian strikes during the night and in the morning is four dead and 27 wounded, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Oleksandr Ganja, initially wrote on Telegram. “A 9-year-old boy is receiving outpatient care. A 17-year-old girl was hospitalized in a condition considered moderately serious,” he said.

Photos and videos published by the Ukrainian official show a largely demolished building and rescuers extracting a body in a black bag.

Also in Dnipro, a new Russian strike against a housing building left one dead and seven injured, Oleksandr Ganja added a little later. "A multi-story building was seriously damaged. The Russians struck the same residential area as the one targeted during the night," he said.

One person was also killed and four others were injured by a Russian drone strike against a civilian minibus in the Zaporizhia region, in the south of the country, announced the head of the regional administration, Ivan Fedorov, on Telegram.

kyiv calls for 21st package of sanctions

“Each such strike should remind our partners that the situation requires immediate and decisive action. We need a rapid strengthening of our air defense,” the Ukrainian president wrote on social media.

“We must also move forward now towards the 21st package of EU sanctions against Russia. The pause caused by the blocking of the 20th package has given the aggressor additional time to adapt – it is important to counter this,” he added.

Meeting in Cyprus, European leaders approved a new package of sanctions against Russia on Thursday, targeting the banking sector and adding new restrictions on Russian oil exports.

After months of blocking Hungary, they also validated a crucial loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine, which should allow it to strengthen its defense and ensure state spending over the period 2026-2027.

Civilians in Ukraine have been killed almost every day by Russian bombing since Russia's full-scale invasion of the country began in February 2022.

In response, kyiv strikes Russian territory, also causing civilian victims. A woman was killed and a man seriously injured in a drone strike against a car in the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, where a tractor driver was also injured in another strike, according to the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov.

In the Kursk region, also bordering Ukraine, a Ukrainian drone attack injured a mechanic who was working on a water tank, announced the governor, Alexandre Khinchteïn, on Max.

Diplomatic efforts to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II have stalled. The mediation role of the United States, which enabled several rounds of negotiations between kyiv and Moscow, was suspended by the outbreak of war in the Middle East at the end of February.

With AFP and Reuters

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