What the 16 April strikes on Dnipro and Kherson left behind
A look back at two Russian attacks on Ukrainian regional cities in the days before 18 April 2025.
What had regional Ukraine endured in the days leading up to 18 April 2025? Reports from 16 April described two separate attacks on cities in the south and centre of the country.
In Dnipro, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a large-scale drone attack killed two people and injured 16 others, as reported at the time.
The same day, Russian artillery and glide bombs targeted Kherson. One person was killed and nine others were injured. A sports facility, a supermarket and residential buildings were among the places hit.
Taken together, the two attacks on 16 April killed three people and injured 25, according to those reports. They struck a major city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and a frontline city in the south, and in Kherson they hit civilian sites used for everyday life, including shopping and sport.
