Russian drone hits shopping center in Sumy, injuring several people
In the central part of Sumy, a Russian drone struck a shopping center, injuring two people.
03 April 2026
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.
Russia's total combat losses in its full-scale war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to April 3, 2026 have reached approximately 1,301,260 personnel, including 1,230 soldiers killed or wounded in action over the past 24 hours.
Units of Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) have cleared nearly 200,000 hectares of territory and neutralized 600,000 explosive devices since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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.
Russian forces struck Kharkiv with four ballistic missiles early on Friday, damaging residential buildings and injuring a woman.
An exhibition titled “Easter Garden” by singer, artist, and volunteer Anzhelika Rudnytska is currently on display in Kyiv.
In the temporarily occupied city of Luhansk, Russian invaders have intensified forced draft.
Counterfeit banknotes with QR codes, dropped by the enemy from UAVs, have been discovered in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
A court has sentenced a Russian informant to eight years in prison for tracking the temporary deployment sites of aviation units and flight schedules of combat helicopters of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Sumy region.
02 April 2026
Russian forces continue to shell Kharkiv, where a four-story building caught fire in the Osnovianskyi district.
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.
During the planning of defensive operations in the Kyiv region, the biggest problem at the initial stage was organizing communication between different units, which used radios operating on different frequencies.
Restoration work in the energy sector and the installation of alternative generation are underway at 245 facilities across the country.
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump acted as a mediator in an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to reunite six Ukrainian children with their families.
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.
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.
Educational institutions try to keep incidents of bullying—whether involving students or teachers—under wraps.