Russia Launches Overnight Drone, Missile Attack on Dnipro

Russian drones and missiles struck Dnipro early Saturday, sparking fires and damaging homes, with casualty information not immediately available. Make us preferred on Google Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 23, 2026, shows firefighters puting out a fire in a damaged residential building following a Russian attack in the city of Dnipro amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / STATE EMERGENSY SERVICE OF UKRAINE / AFP) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google Early Saturday, as residents were sleeping, Russian drones and missiles struck Dnipro, sparking fires and damaging homes, Ukrinform reported. Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said the city was under attack. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “The enemy is attacking Dnipro. Several fires have broken out. Houses have been damaged,” Hanzha wrote on Telegram. A Ukrinform correspondent reported a series of powerful explosions in the city. Ukraine’s Air Force also warned of a missile and drone attack on Dnipro. Information on casualties was not immediately available. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization since 1995. Its international market reach of 97% outside of Ukraine makes it truly Ukraine’s Global – and most reliable – Voice.