Russian attacks killed four civilians in Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions on April 11
On April 11, 2026, Russian troops shelled settlements in the Donetsk, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. As a result of the attacks, there are dead and wounded among civilians, and dozens of residential buildings and infrastructure objects were destroyed, the National Police and oblast military administrations reported.
The aftermath of a Russian attack on the Donetsk OblastIn the Donetsk region, eight settlements were under fire, including Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Druzhkivka, and Dobropillia. According to police data, 117 civilian objects were damaged, including 80 residential buildings.
In Kramatorsk, Russian troops struck with four aerial bombs and two drones. Eleven people sustained injuries; 18 multi-story buildings, an infrastructure object, and 11 cars were damaged.
In Druzhkivka, due to an FPV drone attack, two people were wounded; residential buildings and cars were damaged. In Sloviansk, as a result of a drone attack, a civilian was injured; a private house and transport were damaged.
In Dobropillia, which sustained two strikes, including a KAB-250 aerial bomb, there is a wounded person. An enterprise, a residential building, and garages suffered destruction.
Novomykolaivka suffered the greatest destruction – after a combined shelling with guided aerial bombs and multiple launch rocket system, dozens of residential buildings, an enterprise, a farm, and cars were damaged.
The aftermath of the Russian attack on KhersonIn the Kherson Oblast, as a result of Russian attacks on April 11, three people were killed, and another 12 were injured, among them a nurse and a 14-year-old teenager.
Over two dozen settlements, including Kherson and Beryslav, were under fire. Russian troops used artillery, aerial bombs, strike drones, and FPV drones.
In particular, in Kherson, a 50-year-old man was killed due to the dropping of explosives from a drone. Another man sustained injuries during an artillery shelling. In Fedorivka, a 73-year-old woman was killed as a result of a drone strike.
Later, a 52-year-old trolleybus driver, who was attacked by an FPV drone, died in the hospital. Also among the injured are passengers of a minibus taxi and residents who were caught under artillery fire in a residential district.
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In total, dozens of civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged in the region, including residential buildings, transport infrastructure, enterprises, a gas pipeline, and a gas station.
The aftermath of a Russian strike on a truck in NikopolIn the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as a result of Russian attacks on April 11, a 67-year-old truck driver died in Nikopol. The Russian occupiers attacked the vehicle with an FPV drone while the man was inside, according to the Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Military Administration, Oleksandr Ganzha.
At least two people also sustained injuries – a 51-year-old man, who was hospitalized in serious condition, and a 64-year-old woman.
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Russian troops attacked the Nikopol District more than 60 times with drones and artillery. Residential buildings, infrastructure, transport, and outbuildings were damaged. Fires broke out.
Additionally, an FPV drone was hit in the Mezhivska hromada, where a garage and a car caught fire.
By way of background, on the morning of April 11, Russian troops launched an airstrike on the center of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region.
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