The Dnipro turned out to be the main direction of the strike
On the night of April 25, Russia launched a new massive attack on Ukraine, and the most severe episode was the strike on Dnipro. According to the Ukrainian side, the city was under attack for more than 10 hours, and the consequences were recorded at several locations. One of the most tragic episodes was the hit on a four-story building: fatalities are known, there are injured, and people could still remain under the rubble.
At the time of the publication of the original material, it was reported that the bodies of three deceased were retrieved from the rubble. Another 22 people were injured, including a nine-year-old child. Rescuers continued emergency rescue operations, as five more people could be under the rubble. In addition to the residential sector, the strike also hit a gas station, where a fire broke out.
For the Israeli audience, this story is important not only as another war report. It shows what a prolonged attack on a large city looks like when strikes are delivered in waves, and residential buildings, infrastructure, and civilian objects are simultaneously under threat. This format of pressure is increasingly becoming part of modern war of attrition.
Why this episode was singled out
Ukrainian sources called this raid on Dnipro one of the most massive throughout the war. According to the correspondent, explosions in the city continued one after another, and the consequences were recorded in more than ten locations in different areas. It was also reported about the destroyed part of a four-story building, damage to other residential buildings and enterprises, and rescuers evacuated dozens of people, including children.
Such a scale is especially important in the context of assessing the resilience of urban defense. Even when part of the targets are shot down, the duration of the attack and the number of means of destruction still create an effect of constant pressure, and for civilians, this means hours of anxiety, destruction, and new victims.
Kharkiv, Odessa region, Chernihiv region, and Kyiv region were under attack
Simultaneously with the attack on Dnipro, Russia launched a combined strike on Kharkiv. The original material states that six Iskander missiles and drones were used on the city. According to Mayor Igor Terekhov, two people were injured as a result of the morning drone strike, one of them a one-and-a-half-year-old boy.
In the Odessa region, strike drones attacked residential development and the port area. Two people were reported injured. In addition, Minister of Community Development Oleksiy Kuleba clarified that at night, a ship under the Panama flag, working on container cargo transshipment, was attacked while leaving the port. A fire broke out on board, but the crew independently extinguished the fire, no one was injured, and the ship continued its movement.
In Chernihiv region, Nizhyn, an important transport hub of the region, was under attack. According to the regional administration, two men aged 30 and 60 died, another 54-year-old man was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, and an elderly woman was injured. Kyiv region also experienced a difficult night: critical infrastructure facilities, warehouse and production premises, as well as equipment and premises of the State Emergency Service unit were damaged in the Bila Tserkva district. At the same time, according to the provided data, there were no casualties among the civilian population.
In such reviews, it is especially important not to lose the overall picture. NAnews — Israel News | Nikk.Agency draws attention to the fact that Russia continues to use the model of distributed terror: the same raid hits several regions at once to overload the air defense system, rescue services, and regional infrastructure simultaneously.
Other regions also suffered damage
In the Mykolaiv region, as a result of a night massive attack, a power line was damaged in the Mykolaiv district, leaving six settlements without electricity. It was reported that energy workers had already begun restoration work. In Kherson, in the morning, a Russian drone attacked the Ship district of the city, three injured were taken to the hospital. In addition, over the previous day, six settlements of the Kherson community were under attack: two people died, 14 were injured.
For Israel, there is also a broader strategic meaning here. When attacks simultaneously affect a large industrial center, port infrastructure, transport hubs, energy, and residential development, the goal is not only physical destruction. It is also an attempt to undermine the sense of security, disrupt logistics, and force the country to live in a state of continuous crisis.
The scale of the strike and Zelensky’s reaction
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that almost all night Russia was hitting Dnipro and other Ukrainian cities and communities. According to him, at that moment, more than 30 people were injured in Ukraine, there were also casualties in Chernihiv, Odessa, and Kharkiv regions, and among the consequences were fatalities. He specifically emphasized that most of the targets were ordinary urban infrastructure: residential buildings, energy, and enterprises.
The overall interception statistics also deserve special attention. The material states that a total of 666 air attack means were recorded — 47 missiles and 619 drones. According to these data, Ukrainian air defense shot down or suppressed 610 targets: 30 missiles and 580 drones of various types. The main direction of the strike was named Dnipro, but Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odessa, and Kyiv regions were also under attack.
This figure shows not only the intensity of the raid but also the logic of the current war. The more missiles and UAVs are launched simultaneously, the higher the chance to overload the defense at least in certain directions. Therefore, even a high interception rate does not negate the tragic consequences on the ground if part of the targets still break through to the cities.
For the Israeli reader, this is an especially understandable plot. Israel’s experience has long shown: even a developed air defense system does not make the threat abstract if the enemy combines types of strikes, uses overload, and targets the civilian environment. That is why the news about Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odessa region, and Kyiv region is not only a Ukrainian chronicle but also an important material for understanding what modern war against cities looks like.