A satellite image of smoke rising from the Tuapse oil refinery, which sells most of its products for export, following a Ukrainian drone attacks, in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. File
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Four people, including a child, were killed in Russia and Ukraine after the latest exchange of drone strikes between the warring countries, officials said on Wednesday (April 22, 2026).
As diplomatic talks have stalled and neither side has made a breakthrough on the front, Moscow and Kyiv have both stepped up their long-range drone attacks, firing swarms of the unmanned explosive-packed devices at each other on a nightly basis.
An overnight Ukrainian drone strike killed two people in the central Russian city of Syzran, home to one of the country’s top air force schools.
Published – April 22, 2026 10:21 pm IST