Russian strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: two injured, infrastructure, car service station and high-rise building damaged
Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Quote: "The attacks on the Nikopol district did not stop. The aggressor used FPV drones and artillery. They terrorised Nikopol itself and the Marhanets, Pokrovske and Myrove hromadas. Two men, aged 43 and 53, have been injured. Both are in hospital in a moderate condition." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Details: Infrastructure facilities, a high-rise building, a car service station, a garage and a power line were damaged in the district. A fire broke out, which was already extinguished.
Damage caused by Russian attacks
Photo: Serhii Lysak on Telegram
The Mezhova and Slovianka hromadas in the Synelnykove district suffered from drone strikes.
"A fire broke out and it was extinguished by firefighters. The community arts centre was almost destroyed and a home was damaged," Lysak reported.
He added that air defence forces had downed six UAVs over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the evening and overnight.
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