Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) - Two people were killed in Ukraine as a result of Russian strikes, according to local authorities, while Russia announced that a woman and a child were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on its territory.
Published on: 04/22/2026 - 10:53 Last updated: 04/22/2026 - 14:09
The head of the regional administration in Zaporizhya (southern Ukraine), Ivan Fedorov, explained via the Telegram application that a man was killed and another person was injured in a Russian targeting of transportation infrastructure in the region.
In Kharkiv Province (northeastern Ukraine), a 66-year-old civilian was killed and another 69-year-old was injured, as a result of a drone strike that targeted a car near the village of Tsirkony, according to local authorities.
As for Russia, two people, a woman and a child, were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the city of Syzran, in the southwest of the country, according to what the governor of the Samara region announced on the Max network.
He pointed out that "rescue personnel pulled them out from under the rubble" of one of the buildings, considering it "another inhumane crime against the civilian population."
The city of Syzran is located 800 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, and one of its most prominent features is an oil refinery.
Since the start of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, civilians have been killed almost every day in Ukraine as a result of Russian bombing. In response, Kiev has been launching active strikes on Russian territory, which also results in civilian casualties.
Diplomatic efforts aimed at ending this war are still experiencing faltering, especially since the mediation role that the United States assumed between the two parties, which allowed for several rounds of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow, stopped after the outbreak of war in the Middle East in late last February.
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