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Russian attacks kill at least 2 as Ukraine strikes a Russian drone factory
Ukrainian drones set a fire at the Atlant Aero plant, which makes strike and reconnaissance drones for Russia's military-industrial complex.
- On Sunday, April 19, 2026, Ukrainian forces struck the Atlant Aero drone factory in Taganrog, Russia, using domestically manufactured Neptune cruise missiles, sparking a fire at the facility.
- Russia launched 236 drones into Ukrainian territory overnight, prompting Ukraine's air force to report that defenses intercepted 203 of the craft while 32 hit targets across 18 separate locations.
- Russian strikes killed at least two civilians, including a 16-year-old boy in Chernihiv and a man in Kherson, as rescuers cleared rubble from houses set on fire in the northern city.
- Rostov Oblast Governor Yuri Slyusar reported damage to commercial infrastructure, warehouses, and a vocational school, though officials did not specify if the drone factory was the target.
- Atlant Aero produces strike drones capable of carrying 250-kilogram payloads, making the facility a key defense enterprise; Ukraine's strike reflects its strategy to degrade Russia's military-industrial capacity.
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Ukraine's Main Directorate of Information (GUR), the information service of the Ukrainian army, published a video recording showing how it hit two large Russian ships with drones in Crimea, reports Ukraîinska Pravda. "On the night of April 18-19, 2026, the commanders of the Special Unit of the Main Directorate of Information of Ukraine ...
A man died in a Ukrainian drone attack in Tuapsé, a Russian town on the Black Sea for the second time in less than a week. A man died in a U.S. attack.
Ukrainian Drones Kill Man in South Russia
A Ukrainian drone attack killed a man and wounded another in the resort city of Tuapse on the Black Sea in southern Russia, the regional governor said Monday. It was the second assault on the seaport in a matter of days, with drone debris damaging windows in buildings across the city, including apartments, a primary school, kindergarten, museum and church, Veniamin Kondratiev added.
On the night of April 18-19, 2026, the masters of the special unit of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “Ghosts” in the temporarily occupied Crimea made successful strikes on two large landing ships of the aggressor state of Russia - VDK of project 775 “Yamal” and VDC of project 1171 “Nikolay Flaw Ilchenkov”.
One person was killed and another was injured in the attack.
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