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News & Current Events Apr 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM

Russia launches deadliest drone and missile attack in months, killing 17 in Ukraine

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Russia launches deadliest drone and missile attack in months, killing 18 in Ukraine
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Russia launches deadliest drone and missile attack in months, killing 18 in Ukraine
A Ukrainian drone attack killed two people in Russia, Moscow says, after an Orthodox Easter truce.

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reala728 2 days ago +28
17 more than I'd like to hear about, but if that's the threshold for a "deadliest attack", what are they even doing going to war?
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NitroXM 2 days ago +7
Deadliest deep strike in months
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nonexistingNyaff 1 day ago +2
Because unlike all previous wars, technology has both made it exceptionally easier to keep casualties low and high. If both sides didn't have detection or early warning capabilities, we would be looking at much higher casualties. And since Russia doesn't really care what their targets are, Ukrainian losses would be much harder.
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CanWeTalkEth 1 day ago +4
I have asked this before. You hear things like “Russia launches deadly attack in [Ukrainian town], 2 dead” constantly. Same thing in Iran and even in Gaza after a while. War is so different than we think.
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naitsirt89 12 hr ago
I think you are just misinterpreting the title. The title refers to drone and missile attacks on civilian infrastructure, not on the "warfront" itself. Over 1.5million casualties in the Ukraine-Russia war, and well over 50,000 child casualties (25,000 murdered) in Gaza alone since the latest conflict for them began.
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naitsirt89 12 hr ago +1
I think you are misreading the title. Hundreds have died on both sides in April alone, and hundreds and hundreds of thousands since the war began. Over 1.5million casualties.
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50SPFGANG 21 hr ago +3
How do these attacks do such little human damage compared to the Israel bombs in Gaza and Lebanon
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Stable_Orange_Genius 6 hr ago +1
Ukraine is a very low density populated country Millions of Ukrainians already fled to other European countries. Ukraine has a strong anti air defence Russia is only shooting what it can produce, Israel has a much larger stockpile
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Orangesteel 3 days ago +16
All for a psychopath’s hubris. Putin will be remembered as Hitler was. ruSSia is a terrorist state.
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Thompsonek7 2 days ago
And I got banned for saying it in a game. Telling truth = ban? Nice reality to live in
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A_Nonny_Muse 2 days ago -16
Russia should be severely punished long after Putin is gone. As a reminder for the next 10 generations that allowing dictatorships to thrive have consequences.
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slicer4ever 2 days ago +9
Eh, i mean that sort of punishment is exactly how nazi germany arose after ww1.
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A_Nonny_Muse 2 days ago -16
But we know how to stop it now.
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slicer4ever 2 days ago +9
I mean we spent 20 years trying to nation build in Afghanistan and that fell apart literally the moment we decided to finally leave. So i really dont agree with the "we know how to stop it now".
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A_Nonny_Muse 2 days ago -12
We don't have to occupy or nation build to stop fascist regimes from sprouting. We just need to assassinate the fascist leaders. It's been done all over the world, but usually by fascists to socialists. I'm just turning the table on them.
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dformed 2 days ago +7
Yeah, killing the leaders definitely worked out in Iran. Definitely didn't just usher in new, younger, more hard-line leaders. Whole situation in Iran hasn't had one single problem for us! Not. One. Assassination has never caused problems! Definitely not in June 1914, no siree! You've chosen the least ethical and least effective strategy possible, particularly for preventing armed conflict.
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MiniMini662 2 days ago +3
Time to blow up more Russian oil capabilities
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ronadian 2 days ago -1
I don’t know how and don’t know when but I am convinced Ruzzia will eventually pay for app of this.
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Iwamoto 3 days ago -5
damn that sucks, at least they kill like 200 russians a day on the battlefield, there will be a point where they just run out of people.
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Low_Specialist8752 3 days ago +19
Except Ukraine has way less people and would run out of people long before Russia would…
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Every_Ad_6168 2 days ago +7
Assuming equal rates. But Russia is fighting an offensive war and suffers greater casulties as a result of having to constantly breach defended positions.
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Drekkful 2 days ago +3
That doesn't sound right. Isn't Ukraine running out of soldiers, weapons, and other logistics supplies?
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Hellstorm901 19 hr ago
Because people ask why casualties are low in attacks on Ukraine Ukraine has early warning radar, air defence systems including missile, self propelled Anti Aircraft guns and drones designed to intercept incoming drones along with bomb shelters including an underground train network that is deep enough to allow a vast portion of Kyiv to hide inside If Ukraine didn't have these things casualties would be significantly higher as a result of Russia's attacks on civilians
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