A day after Zelensky renewed his Easter ceasefire proposal, drone strikes killed civilians in Russia and Ukraine.
Published on 7 April 2026
A Ukrainian drone has killed three civilians in Russia’s Vladimir region, while a Russian drone has hit a city bus in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, also killing three civilians in tit-for-tat attacks.
Governor Alexander Avdeev said Tuesday that drones bombed a residential building in the Alexandrovsky district in the west of the Vladimir region.
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Local officials said a couple and their 12-year-old son died in the attack, while their five-year-old daughter is in hospital with burns.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone hit a city bus in Dnipropetrovsk on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring 12 others.
Regional governor Oleksandr Hanza said the attack took place in the center of Nikopol, a city on the right bank of the Dnipro.
“This was not an accidental strike,” Hanza said in a statement on Telegram.
Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko said the attack occurred in the morning, with rescue teams working at the scene.
“Together with medical personnel, they managed to free and save seven people,” he said.
The strikes came a day after Kiev launched significant attacks on Russia’s Black Sea export facilities, in a conflict that last month saw Ukraine step up attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure.
One person suffered burn injuries when a dropped drone crashed on the roof of a warehouse in Russia’s Voronezh region on Tuesday, Interfax news agency quoted Governor Alexander Gusev as saying. It said four houses were damaged as a result.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air force said its air defenses shot down 77 of 111 drones launched by Russia overnight.
Russia’s Defense Ministry also said 45 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight, including 19 in the northwestern Leningrad region.
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he stood by an offer to Russia for a ceasefire on Moscow to stop all attacks on energy infrastructure.
“If Russia is ready to stop attacks on our energy infrastructure, we will respond in the same way,” Zelensky said in his nightly address, adding that he had offered last week to observe a ceasefire for Easter, a holiday celebrated by Orthodox Christians on April 12 in Russia and Ukraine.
However, following an overnight attack on the Black Sea, Zelensky said Russia was unwilling to agree to an Easter ceasefire.
“We have repeatedly offered Russia a ceasefire at least for Easter, which is a special time of the year,” he said. “But for them all time is the same. Nothing is sacred.”
Moscow responded to Zelensky’s proposal last week, saying it instead supported a comprehensive peace deal.
