Russian forces launched a lethal FPV drone attack on Nikopol on Saturday, April 4, killing five people and injuring 22 others, according to Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Oleksandr Hanzha.
The fatalities included three women and two men. Among the wounded is a 14-year-old girl who was hospitalized in a serious condition. The strike ignited a fire and heavily damaged several commercial pavilions and a local shop, Hanzha reported on Telegram.
Five people – three women and two men – were confirmed killed in the Saturday morning strike. Of the 22 wounded, eight remain hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, blast injuries, and burns.
“The condition of the other victims is assessed by doctors as moderate,” Hanzha wrote on Telegram. All hospitalized victims are receiving necessary medical care.
The strike targeted a crowded market area, sparking a fire and destroying several commercial pavilions and a shop.
Later the number of injured in the Russian FPV drone strike on the Nikopol market has risen to 25, according to Hanzha. Five people were killed in the Saturday morning attack. Eight victims remain hospitalized, with the 14-year-old girl in critical condition being transferred to a regional hospital for specialized treatment.
“The Russians took the lives of five people,” Hanzha reported on Telegram, expressing condolences to the families of the deceased.
The deadly assault in Nikopol follows a period of intensified strikes across southern and central Ukraine. In Kherson, Russian artillery targeted residential buildings in the Korabelnyi district late Friday. Two women, aged 31 and 53, sustained shrapnel wounds and concussions. Local authorities reported that the shelling shattered approximately 100 windows in a nearby high-rise building.
These attacks occurred amid a nationwide drone offensive overnight. According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia launched 286 UAVs of various types – including Shahed, Gerbera, and Italmas loitering munitions – from several locations within Russian territory.
Ukrainian air defense units intercepted 260 of the drones, but several impacts caused significant damage in other regions.
In Sumy an enemy loitering munition struck the 13th floor of a 16-story apartment building. The number of casualties in the city has risen to 13, including one child. More than 300 windows were shattered across four residential blocks.
Falling drone debris sparked a fire on the roof of a four-story office building in the Darnytsky district. No casualties have been reported in the capital so far.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, prior to the Nikopol strike, more than 20 attacks using drones and artillery injured a 5-month-old baby and a 6-year-old boy in the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts.
National railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia briefly suspended suburban train services in the Kyiv region during the peak of the aerial threat to evacuate passengers. Emergency crews remain on-site in Sumy and Nikopol to restore utility services and provide aid to displaced residents.