Massive Russian attack on Kyiv region: One person killed, another wounded
In the Kyiv region, one person was killed and another wounded as a result of a massive Russian attack on April 3.
03 April 2026
In the Kyiv region, one person was killed and another wounded as a result of a massive Russian attack on April 3.
Over the past month, the Ukrainian Operation Task Force East has eliminated over 6,500 Russian invaders, with nearly 4,000 more accounted for as enemy casualties.
In the central part of Sumy, a Russian drone struck a shopping center, injuring two people.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces attacked four border communities in the Chernihiv region with FPV drones, causing extensive damage and resulting in casualties.
As of the morning of April 3, power outages have affected users in six regions due to drone attacks and artillery shelling.
On the night of Thursday, April 3, Moscow and the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation were attacked by drones.
On the morning of April 3, Russian forces attacked a minibus in Kherson with a drone; five people were injured.
Olha Zvonariova, a journalist with the Ukrainian National News Agency Ukrinform, has been named a laureate of this year's Italian Montecatini Prize for Journalism (Premio Montecatini di Giornalismo-2026).
Five people, including an infant, were injured in Kharkiv as a result of Russian attacks overnight on April 3.
On April 2, 230 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontline.
Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the Shostka community in the Sumy region on April 3, killing one person and injuring three others.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched 856 strikes on 45 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, leaving four people injured.
At Russia's Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, Ukrainian drone strikes in March damaged at least 40% of oil storage tanks, significantly reducing export volumes.
Counterfeit banknotes with QR codes, dropped by the enemy from UAVs, have been discovered in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
The volume of Ukraine's defense technology market reached approximately $6.8 billion in 2025, with the largest share accounted for by the UAV sector.
02 April 2026
There have been 213 combat engagements along the frontline, with the heaviest fighting in the Pokrovsk sector, where Russian forces carried out nearly 50 attacks on Ukrainian positions and lost more than 130 troops.
Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg has called on the United States to create a new defense alliance that could include Ukraine, citing NATO’s ineffectiveness in the war with Iran.
On the afternoon of April 2, Russian forces struck Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region with four FAB-250 aerial bombs equipped with universal guidance and correction modules, injuring nine civilians.
Since last night, Russian forces have been shelling the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, using “Shahed” rockets against the city for the first time.
Since last night, Russian forces have been shelling the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, using “Shahed” rockets against the city for the first time.
Since last night, Russian forces have been shelling the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, using “Shahed” rockets against the city for the first time.
In the Kherson region, one person was killed and 16 others were injured as a result of Russian attacks on the afternoon of April 2.
During the 2025/2026 heating season, Russians carried out 129 attacks on the Naftogaz Group’s gas infrastructure.
March became one of the most extensive months in terms of the number of strategic enterprises struck in Russia – five factories and 10 oil refining facilities. The Ukrainian Defense Forces’ strikes covered areas from temporarily occupied Crimea and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to deep rear areas in the Russian Federation.
Operators of the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces, together with the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, carried out a series of operations against Russian military targets in temporarily occupied Crimea on April 2.
On Thursday, the Russian government imposed a ban on gasoline exports for producers until the end of July.
Russian forces have intensified their drone attacks in the Kherson region, notably increasing the use of drones on fiber-optic cables.
According to Ukrinform, the Russian army has struck the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have destroyed a Russian assault group on the Lyman axis.