Russian Drone Attack on Dnipro Injures One, Sets Apartment Ablaze

A Russian drone strike on Dnipro injured one person and damaged residential buildings and cars, following a deadly attack on a Varus distribution center that killed four staff members. Make us preferred on Google Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied This handout photograph taken and released on April 25, 2026 by the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration shows Ukrainian rescuers evacuating the body of a victim at the site of a damaged residential building following a Russian attack in Dnipro. (Photo by Handout / Dnipropetrovs’k Regional Military Administration / AFP) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google A Russian drone attack on Dnipro, a city in east-central Ukraine, overnight injured one person and sparked a fire in an apartment in a five-story residential building, regional authorities said. “One person was injured in the Russian attack on Dnipro. An apartment in a five-story building caught fire. Several nearby houses and cars were damaged,” Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha wrote on social media. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . According to Ukraine’s Air Force , Russian forces attacked Dnipro overnight with strike drones. The attack followed another Russian strike on Dnipro late on May 5, when Russian forces hit a distribution center belonging to the Varus supermarket chain. Four staff members were killed, the company said. Another 19 people were injured, with 15 still hospitalized the following morning, including four men reported to be in serious or critical condition. 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.