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Russia strikes Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region with drones: Fires and casualties reported

Russia strikes Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region with drones: Fires and casualties reported Photo: Russians attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with drones (https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Last night, Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with strike drones. As a result, residential infrastructure was damaged and there were casualties among the population, according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Lysak, and the head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul.

At night, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 33 Russian drones in the region.

"4 people were injured in the Russian attack in Dnipro. A 43-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman were hospitalized in moderate condition," he said.

The head of the regional military administration also states that several fires have broken out as a result of the Russian strikes.

An administrative building burned down, and 12 cars were destroyed, while another 17 were damaged.

8 residential buildings were also damaged, and one private home was destroyed. There is destruction on the territory of a transport enterprise.

Russian attacks on districts

Lysak reports that a summer house and a car caught fire in Pavlohrad. In the Kryvyi Rih district, an unused building caught fire, and in Kryvyi Rih itself, a modular house caught fire.

In the Synelnykove district, the roof of a lyceum and dry grass caught fire as a result of Russian strikes. A private home and a car were damaged.

Russia fired artillery and drones at the Nikopol district. There was loud noise in Nikopol, Marhanets, Myrove, and Pokrovske communities.

"A total of 8 private houses, a 5-story building, and a car were damaged in the district. Infrastructure, an administrative building, and an enterprise were destroyed. A library burned down," Lysak sums up.

Oleksandr Vilkul reports about 10 Rissoam drone night strikes in the region.

"Several fires broke out. A modular house was damaged. All emergency services were dispatched to the scene. By 5 a.m. Kyiv time, the fires had been extinguished. There were no casualties or injuries," he says.

Vilkul adds that in the Kryvyi Rih district, Russia attacked the Karpivka community with drones. A building that was not in use was damaged. There were no casualties.

Photo: Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhii Lysak (https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

Russian drone attack

At night, Russians launched Shahed drones at Ukraine.

Around 1 a.m., explosions were heard in Dnipro and Pavlohrad.

Around 3 a.m., Russia launched a massive drone attack on Kryvyi Rih.

Over the past day, the Russian army lost 1,040 troops and about 190 pieces of equipment.