Overnight Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region leave two dead, two injured

Overnight Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region leave two dead, two injured

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Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery more than 20 times overnight, killing two civilians and injuring two others.

According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Telegram by Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Hanzha.

“Two people were killed, and two more were injured. The enemy attacked two districts of the region nearly 20 times using artillery and drones,” Hanzha wrote.

He said that in the Nikopol district, Russian forces targeted the district center as well as the Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka communities. Infrastructure, a kiosk, a shop, a café, and private houses were damaged.

A 35-year-old man was killed in the attacks. A 39-year-old woman was also seriously injured and hospitalized, while a 31-year-old man will receive outpatient treatment.

Russian forces also struck the Dubovykivka community in the Synelnykove district, damaging a local enterprise and agricultural machinery. One person was killed there as well.

Read also: Russian drone hits agricultural enterprise in Chernihiv region, killing father and son

As previously reported, on May 8, Russian forces repeatedly attacked the Nikopol district with FPV drones, damaging civilian buildings.

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