💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian manpower concentration in occupied Shandryholove on the frontline northwest of Slovyansk.

Shandryholove, Donetsk Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda

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Ukrainian General Staff reported on April 3 that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian manpower concentration in occupied Shandryholove on the night of April 1 to 2.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia carried out on airstrike on the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on April 3, killing four civilians and injuring four others

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces dropped four FAB-250 aerial bombs with cluster munitions on the city between 6:17 and 6:25 p.m. local time

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The airstrike killed a husband and wife, ages 71 and 68, as well as a 45-year-old woman

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The 16-year-old boy died in the hospital from severe injuries sustained in the attack

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Four other civilians were injured

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The bombing also damaged multiple houses and at least two administrative buildings

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

In the Lyman sector, the Russian invaders launched two attacks, attempting to penetrate Ukrainian defenses towards Dibrova and Novoserhiivka.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Magyar reported the destruction of a Tor air defence system and a number of military facilities and storage points in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

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Extracted: 2026-04-05T19:17:24.025Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-3-2026