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02 April 2026
Explosions were heard overnight on April 2 in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Part of the peninsula, as well as the occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, were left without power.
In Chornomorsk, Odesa region, civilian infrastructure and high-rise buildings were damaged as a result of a Russian attack on the night of April 2.
Over the past 24 hours, on April 1, Russian invaders wounded three residents of the Donetsk region.
Over the past 24 hours, on April 1, there were 146 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops on the front lines. The enemy attacked most intensely in the Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk, and Huliaipole sectors.
On the night of April 2, Russian drones attacked port infrastructure in the Odesa region.
Four years ago, on April 2, 2022, the Ukrainian Defense Forces completely drove Russian troops out of the Kyiv region.
Russian forces attacked three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than ten times with drones and artillery as of the morning of April 2, killing one person and injuring two others.
Russia's total combat losses in its full-scale war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to April 2, 2026 have reached approximately 1,300,030 personnel, including 1,300 soldiers killed or wounded in action over the past 24 hours.
Russian drones hit Kharkiv's Kyivskyi district overnight, with several cars catching fire in the city.
Ukrainian intelligence officers have intercepted a conversation indicating systematic killings of Russian servicemen by their own commanders.
In Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, a Russian drone struck a residential building, sparking a fire on two floors and injuring three women.
Explosive ordnance disposal experts from the State Emergency Service defused the warhead of a Russian Army Kh-47 Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missile found in a field in the Kyiv region.
Eighty percent of cases involving the detection and destruction of Russian occupiers are carried out using unmanned aerial systems.
01 April 2026
Thanks to the human rights initiative Mariupol Justice, it has been possible to verify 12,500 unique cases of civilian deaths in Mariupol and document the destruction, which served as the basis for a separate criminal investigation.
Russian forces shelled the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv; two people were injured when a building was hit.
Rescuers from the State Emergency Service extinguished a 100-square-meter fire in the Chernivtsi region caused by a Russian attack.
In Chuhuiv, a Russian drone struck a residential building, causing a fire on two floors.
Defense forces have halted a Russian offensive against several settlements in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad urban area.
Fighters from the Special Operations Center "Alpha" carried out a unique operation targeting Russian UAV operators.
Russian forces dropped explosives from a drone onto a car in Kherson, killing one passenger and injuring the driver and another passenger.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi discussed the frontline situation and air defense needs with the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Carsten Breuer.
The number of people injured in the attack in the Poltava community has increased to six, including three children.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 345 unmanned aerial vehicles launched by the Russian army starting from the morning of April 1. A total of 14 hits were recorded.
Ukraine's Defense Forces hit a manufacturing components facility for "Strela" cruise missiles in Russia's Bryansk region, as well as a number of enemy targets in territories temporarily occupied by Russian forces.
In the Cherkasy district, four people were injured due to falling debris from an enemy drone, and there is damage to critical infrastructure.
Since the start of the day, 64 combat clashes have taken place between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops, with the enemy concentrating its forces in the Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, and Huliaipole sectors.
Russian forces attacked Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery. Ten people were wounded.
Ukraine is expanding its cooperation with countries in the Middle East and the Gulf region, particularly in military expertise and joint security.
Russian drones attacked critical infrastructure facilities in two districts of the Zakarpattia region; one person was injured.
In the Ternopil region, a Russian drone attack on April 1 struck one of the local enterprises, causing a fire.