Dnipro hit by Russian drones, injuries and damage reported
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Russian forces attacked Dnipro with drones overnight on January 7, leaving seven people injured, including two children, according to Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov.
The mayor said that residential buildings and educational facilities in Dnipro were hit.
More than 10 high-rise apartment buildings had several hundred windows shattered. There were also reports of damage to heating networks near one of the buildings, and many cars were burned.
According to preliminary information, seven people were injured, including two children.
"Most people are experiencing acute stress reactions, but there are also shrapnel wounds. City hospitals are assisting," said Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov.
He added that a vocational school, training locksmiths and confectioners, was damaged. The fire was extinguished, but a workshop and a student dormitory were affected.
Two kindergartens and one school were also damaged, the mayor said.
Attacks on Dnipro
Earlier, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Vladyslav Haivanenko, reported a drone attack by Russian forces on Dnipro, which resulted in damage to a high-rise building and fires at a kindergarten and a vocational education facility.
Before that, on January 5, a Russian drone strike on Dnipro caused 300 tons of oil to spill onto city roads. Filatov said the attack hit US-owned property, as the plant belongs to Bunge of St. Louis, Missouri.
Hundreds of tons of sand were spread on roads near the drone-damaged oil extraction plant to contain the spill and prevent it from reaching the river.
