Widespread Russian air strikes across Ukraine and reported drone attacks in Russia

On April 4, 2026, Russia launched a large-scale air assault on Ukraine, involving hundreds of drones and missiles that resulted in civilian casualties across multiple regions. A notable strike on a market in Nikopol killed 5 people and injured 19, while attacks in Odesa, Kherson, and Kharkiv also caused fatalities and significant infrastructure damage. The historical Donetsk-Zakharzhevsky mansion in the Kharkiv region was destroyed. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired approximately 500 projectiles, leading to emergency power outages in Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Zhytomyr. Concurrently, Russian authorities reported Ukrainian drone attacks in the Vladimir and Krasnodar regions, with the Russian Defense Ministry claiming to have intercepted dozens of incoming drones. Russian regional governor Alexander Avdeyev stated that a drone strike in the Vladimir region killed two adults and a child. The Ukrainian military claims to have intercepted the majority of the incoming Russian drones, though the humanitarian toll continues to rise.