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Russia strikes Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery: Child among 9 victims

Russia strikes Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery: Child among 9 victims Photo: People, including a child, were injured in Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of Russian attacks (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

On the night of February 9, Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery, resulting in casualties and significant damage, according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanzha.

9 people were injured in Shakhtarsk, Synelnykove district, as a result of the Russian drone attack, including a 13-year-old girl. All the wounded were hospitalized.

Doctors assess the condition of a 57-year-old woman as severe, while the rest are in moderate condition.

As a result of the Russian strike, a 3-story residential building caught fire, damaging the roof and floors. Windows were broken in another apartment building. A fire also broke out in a garage.

In addition, a drone targeted the Vasylkivka community. A fire broke out there, damaging three private residential buildings.

In the Nikopol district, the Russian army fired artillery and launched FPV drones at Nikopol, the Marhanets, and Chervonohryhorivka communities. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties.

Rescue workers and relevant services are currently working at the sites of the Russian attacks, recording the consequences of the strikes. Photos of the destruction appeared in the morning.

Russia strikes Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery: Child among 9 victims

Photo: People, including a child, were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of Russian attacks (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

Russia strikes Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery: Child among 9 victims

Photo: People, including a child, were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of Russian attacks (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

Russia strikes Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery: Child among 9 victims

Photo: People, including a child, were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of Russian attacks (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

Russian strikes on Ukraine

Odesa was also under a Russian drone attack last night. A 35-year-old man was killed in the Russian attack, and 2 people were injured, including a 19-year-old woman.

21 apartments in residential buildings were damaged. The blast wave knocked out 39 windows in flats and another 18 in common areas. A Russian strike destroyed 2 cars and damaged 6 more.

In the morning, the Odesa regional military administration revealed the consequences of the Russian strike on the city.

In addition, last night, Russians attacked the private sector of the city of Bohodukhiv in the Kharkiv region with strike drones.

Russia destroyed a residential building, and a fire broke out.

Rescuers pulled the bodies of 2 casualties from the rubble: a woman and a 10-year-old boy. 3 more people were injured.