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Russia Launches 600+ Drones, 47 Missiles on Ukraine

Published 25 April 2026

In the early hours of Saturday, Russian forces unleashed one of their largest aerial assaults of the war on Ukraine, launching more than 600 drones and 47 missiles across multiple regions, prompting NATO allies Romania and Poland to scramble fighter jets along their shared borders. The attacks killed at least four people and wounded over 30 others, with significant damage reported to civilian infrastructure, according to Ukrainian officials.

Ukraine's air force reported intercepting 580 drones and 30 missiles during the overnight operation, which targeted cities including Dnipro, Odesa, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Mykolaiv. In Dnipro, a missile strike flattened part of a four-story residential building, leaving at least two dead and more than 20 injured, with rescue teams searching for others possibly trapped under rubble. Explosions rocked the city for over 10 hours, and fires broke out in Bila Tserkva near Kyiv, prompting residents to seal windows against heavy smoke. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the strikes as focused on civilian areas, including homes, energy facilities, and businesses. "Each such strike must remind our partners that the situation requires...

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