Elderly woman injured as Russian army shells Nikopol twice with heavy artillery

Elderly woman injured as Russian army shells Nikopol twice with heavy artillery

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The Russian army used heavy artillery and a kamikaze drone to shell Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region. An elderly woman was injured in the shelling.

Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.

"In the afternoon, the enemy launched a kamikaze drone at Nikopol, and shelled the city twice with heavy artillery. A 70-year-old woman received a shrapnel wound. Medical assistance was rendered to her. Now she is being treated at home," Lysak said.

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According to him, the Russian shelling damaged a recreation center, an administrative building, a kindergarten, two private enterprises, a non-residential building, nearly five multi-story buildings, an economic building and a car.

Photo: Serhiy Lysak, Facebook

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