Salvo of drones: A street market hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Nikopol, on April 4, 2026.
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Russia and Ukraine traded deadly strikes overnight and on Saturday morning (April 4, 2026), killing 10 people and wounding several dozen more, officials on both sides said on Saturday (April 4, 2026).
The attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to Istanbul for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“We are working to strengthen our partnership to ensure the real protection of lives, advance stability, and guarantee security in Europe and the Middle East. Joint efforts always yield the best results,” Mr. Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram after arriving in Istanbul.
Russia fired 286 drones at Ukraine overnight, 260 of which were downed, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement.
Five persons — three women and two men — were killed in the city of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and 19 others were wounded, the head of the regional military administration Oleksandr Hanzha said. The attack damaged market stalls and a shop.
In the partially occupied Donetsk region, a Russian drone strike hit a civilian car, killing one woman and wounding another.
Meanwhile, the Russian-installed head of the occupied Luhansk region, Leonid Pasechnik, said Ukrainian forces hit railroad infrastructure in the region and private houses, killing a family of three.
Published – April 04, 2026 10:12 pm IST
