At least four people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Apr 04, 2026 · 623 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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What to know about At least four people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine

At least four people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine At least one person has also died in a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s southern Rostov region.

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What happened

At least four people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine At least one person has also died in a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s southern Rostov region.

Why it matters

Russian air attacks on northeast Ukraine over the past 24 hours have killed at least four people and injured 11 others, according to Oleh Syniehubov, Kharkiv’s regional governor.

Common ground

Syniehubov said on Saturday that the attacks targeted the city of Kharkiv and 11 other towns and villages.

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Claim 1: “The Sea of Azov, an economic lifeline connecting Russia and Ukraine, acts as a key shipping route for industrial cargo”

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Claim 2: “Syniehubov said on Saturday that the attacks targeted the city of Kharkiv and 11 other towns and villages”

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Claim 3: “11 drones 'were recorded striking 10 locations' with debris from the downed drones found at 'six locations'”

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Claim 4: “Law enforcement officers are documenting the aftermath of the shelling, recording the damage and gathering evidence of war crimes”

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Claim 5: “Russia is insisting that Ukraine cede the fifth of the eastern area of Donbas that it has been unable to conquer during four years of war”

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Claim 6: “At least one person has also died in a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s southern Rostov region”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been attacks in mainland Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian war, which began on 24 February 2022. The main targets have been the military, the arms industry and the oil industry. Man…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_R…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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Claim 7: “A fourth round of talks due to take place last month was postponed due to the US-Israel war on Iran”

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Claim 8: “Attack drones struck a 16-storey building and a private residential area [in the region of Sumy]”

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Claim 9: “A missile also struck a 'commercial facility', said Slyusar, causing a fire to break out on the premises”

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Claim 10: “The Ukrainian Air Force said that the defence forces had 'shot down or neutralised' 260 of 286 Russian drones”

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Claim 11: “At least 11 people, including a child, were injured after a Russian drone struck a building in the region of Sumy”

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Claim 12: “At least four people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
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Claim 13: “The injured people – three of whom were Russians and one foreign national – were in 'critical condition'”

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Claim 14: “Residents of the burning high-rise were promptly evacuated … The fire has been extinguished”

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Claim 15: “The United States, Russia and Ukraine have held three rounds of high-level, trilateral talks in the United Arab Emirates’ Abu Dhabi and Switzerland’s Geneva this year”

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Claim 16: “Russian air attacks on northeast Ukraine over the past 2,4 hours have killed at least four people and injured 11 others”

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Claim 17: “At least one person was killed and four others injured in drone and missile attacks in its southern Rostov region”

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Claim 18: “Kyiv believes it can keep defending its remaining 'fortress belt' of industrial towns and cities in the Donbas for years”

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Claim 19: “citing the glacial pace of Russia’s front-line advances since 2023 as its soldiers run into a defensive wall of Ukrainian drones”

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Claim 20: “Falling drone debris hit a foreign-flagged cargo vessel in the Sea of Azov, causing a fire”

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Claim 21: “Diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine that started in February 2022 continue to stall”

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Claim 22: “The overnight attack took place in the port city of Taganrog, Rostov Governor Yury Slyusar said on Telegram”

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Claim 23: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had proposed an Easter truce, which Russia’s foreign ministry had rejected”

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