An investigator collects debris of a Russian drone in a residential neighborhood in Vyshneve, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2026 (Thomas Peter/Reuters)
Friday’s Coverage: Russia Gains No Territory for 1st Time in 2 1/2 Years
UPDATE 0834 GMT:
Ukrainian drones have struck and set afire Russia’s Tolyattikauchuk petrochemical plant, more than 900 km (559 miles) from the frontline.
Russian outlet Astra says the neighboring KuybyshevAzot plant, which produces nitrogen fertilizers and industrial chemicals, is also burning.
Overnight on 4 April, around 10 Ukrainian drones reached Tolyatti — 900+ km from the front — and set the Tolyattikauchuk petrochemical plant on fire.
The plant makes synthetic rubber for tires and rubber products. What burned: liquefied product storage tanks holding 2,300 cubic… pic.twitter.com/VV6k5dV5IP
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) April 4, 2026
UPDATE 0832 GMT:
Ukraine’s air defenses downed 260 of 286 Russian drones overnight. Eleven UAVs struck 10 locations.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: Russia murdered at least 14 civilians in missile and drone attacks across Ukraine on Friday.
The Russians fired 37 missiles and at least 542 drones, around 300 of which were Iran-type attack drones. Air defenses downed 26 missiles and 515 drones, but the others struck 20 locations.
In Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, four civilians were killed and four injured by four FAB-250 aerial bombs with cluster munitions on Friday evening.
The slain were a 16-year-old boy; a husband and wife, ages 71 and 68; and a 45-year-old woman.
Donetsk Governor Vadim Filashkin said, “The Russians are destroying everything they can reach.”
Earlier in the day, one civilian was killed and eight wounded, including a child, in the Kyiv region.
In the Kharkiv region in the northeast, a man and a woman died in hospital from their injuries.
In the Zhytomyr region in the west, a 70-year-old woman was murdered and 10 people wounded.
