3 dead, including teen, in Russian drone strike on Ukraine, officials say

The injured included a 9-month-old girl, the local governor said.

April 17, 2025, 6:51 AM

LONDON -- Three people, including a child, were killed in a "massive" Russian drone strike overnight on Dnipro, Ukraine, the local governor said.

"Thirty people were injured, five of them children," Serhiy Lysak, who leads the local administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. The injured later climbed to 31.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine described the strike as a "difficult night," saying Russia had targeted "ordinary residential buildings, ordinary civilian infrastructure."

This handout photograph released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 17, 2025, shows a rescuer working at the site of a Russian drone attack in Dnipro, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images

"Tragically, three people were killed by this Russian strike, among them a girl, Veronika -- she was only 17 years old," Zelenskyy said on social media. "My condolences to the families and loved ones."

People gather at the site of a Russian mass drone attack at a location given as Dnipro, Ukraine, in this handout photo released April 17, 2025.
Borys Filatov via Telegram via Reuters

The injured included a 9-month-old girl, along with two boys aged 6 and 11, the governor said.

The drones damaged at least 15 buildings in Dnipro, including students dorms and school buildings, Mayor Borys Filatov said on social media.

A resident stands next to burned cars at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine April 17, 2025.
Mykola Synelnykov/Reuters

Rescue workers were busy on Thursday clearing the rubble near a destroyed high-rise building, Lysak said in a post in Ukrainian.

"Someone remembers how this building was built many decades ago, entire generations grew up here," he said. "A few steps away is a playground, where, next to toys and swings, there are cars destroyed by fire. And then there is rubble and blood."

ABC News' Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.

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