Russian artillery strike kills woman in Nikopol

Russian invasion troops fired off an artillery barrage at the town of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, Wednesday afternoon, killing a local woman, 61.

That’s according to Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Ukrinform reports.

"A person was killed. It was a 61-year-old woman. She was killed by the Russians, who opened fire at Nikopol,'' the posting says.

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Lysak noted that the consequences of the attack were being clarified.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Russian drones and artillery struck the Nikopol district.