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Russian missile strike on Dnipro: Casualties increase, enterprise damaged

Russian missile strike on Dnipro: Casualties increase, enterprise damaged Photo: The JMA clarified the consequences of the Russian missile attack on Dnipro on September 2 (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

In Dnipro, six people were injured in a Russian missile strike yesterday, although three were previously reported. Russian shelling also killed one person, according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Lysak.

"As a result of yesterday's Russian rocket attack on Dnipro, a 51-year-old man was killed. Six people were injured," the official says.

One of the injured, a 37-year-old man, remains in a medical facility, while the others will be treated at home.

Fires and damage

The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration also says that cars were burning in Dnipro as a result of the Russian attack.

"A total of 3 cars were destroyed and 12 others were damaged," Lysak says.

Windows in a kindergarten and seven private houses were also smashed. The shelling also damaged an enterprise, the official added.

Russian strike on Dnipro

Yesterday, on September 2, at 10:30 p.m., Russia struck Dnipro. The Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported a ballistic missile threat.

Later, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration said that one person was killed in Dnipro as a result of a Russian missile strike and three were wounded.

The explosion damaged residential buildings in one of Dnipro's districts.