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Five killed by Russian strike on market in frontline Ukrainian city

Officials said 19 people were wounded, including a 14-year-old girl, as daytime Russian drone attacks intensified across Ukraine.

  • On Saturday, April 4, 2026, a Russian drone struck a covered market in Nikopol at 9:50 am, killing five people and wounding 19 others, Ukraine's prosecutor general's office said.
  • Nikopol, situated across the Dnipro river from Russian-occupied territory, faces relentless bombardment; nearly half of the town's 100,000 residents have evacuated for safety.
  • The daytime strike followed a massive overnight assault in which the Ukrainian Air Force reported Russia fired 286 drones, with 260 successfully intercepted.
  • Ukraine's prosecutor general's office labeled the attack a "war crime," while a 14-year-old girl among the wounded remains in "critical condition."
  • Simultaneous reciprocal strikes in Russia's Rostov region killed one person and wounded four, according to Rostov regional governor Yuri Slyusar, who reported the attack in Taganrog.
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A Russian drone attack on a market in southern Ukraine caused the death of five people and the injury of 21, including a 14-year-old girl, according to the General Park. The attack took place in the city of Nikopol, located on the other side of the Dnipro River, in front of Russia's occupied areas of large-scale invasion, announced by BBC in February 2022.

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A strike by Russian drones on a Nikopol market in Ukraine on Saturday resulted in five deaths and 19 injuries, according to local authorities.

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Russian strike on Ukraine market kills five, wounds 25

A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, killing five people and wounding 25, officials said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks.

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ladepeche.fr broke the news in on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
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