Occupiers attacked private houses near Dnipro: Dead and wounded reported
Occupiers shelled the Dnipropetrovsk region on Wednesday, October 18, targeting private houses in the Dnipro district, resulting in casualties and injuries.
Sources used in preparation of this article: the Telegram channel of the head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Lysak, the Telegram channel of the Head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Yermak, and the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
"The enemy targeted private houses in the Dnipro district. Preliminarily, there is one fatality. Three people have been injured," said the head of the Regional Military Administration.
According to him, the consequences of the attack are still being clarified.
"We already know of 6 damaged houses. Further details will follow," added Lysak.
As Yermak said, the Russians struck at private houses in the village of Obukhivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in the death of a 31-year-old woman.
Number of injuries rises
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the number of injuries has risen to four individuals.
"A 31-year-old woman has died, and four are injured: Russia has once again struck at the civilian population in Obukhivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region," the statement reads.
In addition, eight private houses in the residential sector have been damaged.
"Rescue teams, police, and medical services are on-site. Assistance is being provided to the wounded," the department clarified.
According to the head of the Regional Administration, Lysak, the injured include three women and one man.
"These are women aged 56, 65, and 75, as well as a 35-year-old man. Three of them are in a moderately serious condition," he noted, specifying that the 31-year-old woman had died.
Consequences of the shelling of the Dnipropetrovsk region on October 18 (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)
Explosions in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia
Explosions were heard in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia on the morning of October 18. An air raid alarm was declared in eastern Ukraine. In Zaporizhia, explosions have occurred for the second time since the beginning of the day. Prior to this, occupiers targeted a high-rise building in Zaporizhzhia, killing two people and injuring three others.