Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said the attack hit four districts of Dnipro, deploying an unspecified number of Oniks anti‑ship and ballistic missiles, four cruise missiles and about 212 drones, according to Ukraine’s air force.
The barrage left four civilians dead and six more wounded, and caused extensive damage to a business complex and a warehouse, underscoring the vulnerability of the Dnipropetrovsk region, which hosts major machine‑building and steel‑making plants.
The strike was part of a broader wave of Russian air operations that also targeted the nearby cities of Kryvyi Rih – President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown – and Pavlohrad, damaging additional industrial enterprises.
In the north, an attack on an energy facility in the Chernihiv region cut power to nearly 100,000 consumers, while a “massive” strike on the central Poltava region hit an industrial enterprise and a critical infrastructure site, according to Governor Vitalii Diakivnych.
Russia’s defence ministry claimed the operations were aimed at industrial and military facilities, including fuel and energy assets, port infrastructure and vessels serving the Ukrainian military, while both sides continue to deny deliberately targeting civilians.
Ukraine responded with intensified drone attacks on Russian territory, striking major online retailers and oil refineries, and reported that a drone strike in Russia’s Samara region killed one civilian and injured four.
The escalation comes as frontline fighting has largely stalled after more than four and a half years of war that began with Russia’s full‑scale invasion in February 2022, prompting concerns that the conflict is shifting further into the economic and civilian spheres.