Russian drone strikes market in Nikopol, killing 5 and injuring 19

The Russian military killed five people and injured 19 others in their morning UAV strike on the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General.

The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that at about 9:50 a.m. on April 4, Russian forces struck a market in the city of Nikopol using a UAV.

Five people were killed, and 19 others were injured.

Retail premises sustained damage.

The Russian military also launched strikes on a residential area in the city of Sumy on the night of April 3-4, causing a fire in a high-rise residential building and leaving 11 people injured, including a teenager.

Ukrainian experts point out that countries including China, North Korea, Hungary, Slovakia, Iran, Serbia, and Brazil assist Moscow in killing Ukrainians in its war against Ukraine by funding the Russian budget through trade.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a decree adopting the National Security and Defense Council’s (NSDC) decision to impose sanctions against particular Russian entities that support Russia’s military-industrial complex and that took part in building the Kerch Bridge, a road-rail bridge connecting the Russian mainland to temporarily occupied Crimea across the Kerch Strait.

The sanctions package targeting the Russian military-industrial complex includes 26 individuals and 31 legal entities. Among them are companies that produce unmanned underwater, surface, and aerial robotic systems, along with the software that powers them.

The list also includes companies that produce and service various types of weapons, including electronic warfare systems, air defense systems, armored vehicles, submarines, ships, auxiliary fleet vessels, port equipment, and related parts.

In addition, sanctions were imposed on companies in the aviation manufacturing sector, including producers and repairers of parts for helicopters of the Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-171, Mi-172, and Mi-14 series.

The list also includes companies illegally conducting business in the temporarily occupied territories and those involved in the construction of the Crimean Bridge.

Ukraine will provide partners with all necessary information to synchronize sanctions across international jurisdictions.

“These sanctions strike at the core of Russia’s military-industrial complex – from weapons manufacturers and critical component suppliers to networks that enable sanctions evasion. We are systematically closing these channels, including activities in temporarily occupied territories. Pressure will only increase – both from our side and together with our partners,” Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Advisor – Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Sanctions Policy, said.

Previously, the Ukrainian OSINT Varta team, in collaboration with the Lex Talionis project, published an interactive map containing data on more than 6,000 enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex and their 1.2 million employees. The interactive map provides descriptions of activities and specific developments for each enterprise, along with a categorization system that allows filtering by type.