Russian army strikes Sloviansk, casualties reported
Russian forces shelled the residential area of Sloviansk in Donetsk region, killing at least one person and injuring five others.
06 April 2026
Russian forces shelled the residential area of Sloviansk in Donetsk region, killing at least one person and injuring five others.
In Starobilsk, in the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk region, a Ukrainian drone strike significantly damaged the building of the former district administration.
In the Kherson region, one person was killed and ten others were injured as a result of Russian attacks on April 6.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the oil infrastructure of the Sheskharis oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on the night of April 6.
Drones from the SSU Special Operations Center "Alpha," together with other components of the Defense Forces (hUR of the Ministry of Defense, SBS, SSO, DPSU), carried out an "explosive" strike on the Sheskharis oil terminal at the Novorossiysk seaport in Russia's Krasnodar region.
On the afternoon of April 6, Russian forces struck the courtyard of a multi-story building in the central part of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, using a "Smerch" multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). A local resident was injured, and buildings, cars, a school, and an administrative building were damaged.
The Russian army is currently concentrating the greatest efforts in the Oleksandrivka and Pokrovsk directions, in those sectors the Ukrainian side's resistance is strongest.
Russian forces in the village of Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv District, Kharkiv region, struck a gas station with a UAV, causing fuel tanks to catch fire.
Another series of hits occurred in the city's Kyivskyi district, and the air threat remains ongoing.
On Monday, April 6, Russian forces struck the city of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Seven people were wounded.
Ukraine's Defense Forces will receive these advanced systems, which will help counter Shahed-type drones and other aerial threats.
The Russian army hit Kharkiv for the second time in one day.
The key Baltic port of the Russian Federation, Ust-Luga, has restarted oil loading after several days of disruptions caused by multiple drone strikes.
Russian forces struck the Korabelnyi district of Kherson with a Molniya drone, injuring four people.
In Kharkiv, a Russian drone struck a high-rise building in the Kyivskyi district; according to preliminary reports, three people were injured.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Admiral Grigorovich frigate in the port of Novorossiysk.
Russian invaders attacked Preobrazhenka, located in the Polohy district, with a drone. Two people were injured.
At around 10:00 a.m. on April 6, Russian troops once again shelled the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, killing an older woman and wounding three other women.
Over the past week, the Russians have launched more than 2,800 attack drones, nearly 1,350 guided bombs, and more than 40 missiles of various types at Ukraine.
In a village in the Mryn community in Chernihiv region, two people were injured, and homes and cars belonging to civilians were damaged as a result of morning drone attacks by the Russian Federation.
Ambassador of the EU to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová stumbled upon debris from a Russian drone while walking in a Kyiv forest.
The number of injured after the overnight Russian attack on Odesa has increased to 15, 13 of whom have been hospitalized.
Over the past 24 hours, on April 5, 120 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines.
In the Chernihiv region, most districts are without power following Russian strikes on energy infrastructure overnight and this morning.
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Three people, including a child, were killed in Odesa as a result of a massive Russian strike on the night of April 6.
During a massive drone attack in Odesa, strikes on residential areas and damage in two districts were reported, and people were injured.
In the Chernihiv region, an energy facility in the Novhorod-Siverskyi district was damaged as a result of an attack by Russian forces.
A school in Semenivka, Chernihiv region, was damaged as a result of an attack by Russian FPV drones.
Russian occupiers have planted mines on a road bridge crossing the Koshova River in Kherson.