Occupiers attack Dnipropetrovsk region over 70 times, one killed, nine injured

Occupiers attack Dnipropetrovsk region over 70 times, one killed, nine injured

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In Dnipropetrovsk region on May 16, as of 18:30, Russian occupiers carried out more than 70 attacks, resulting in one person killed and nine injured, including two children.

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

"More than 70 times the enemy attacked two districts of the region using drones, artillery, and missiles," the regional head wrote.

He clarified that in the Nikopol district, the city of Nikopol, as well as the Marhanets, Pokrovske, Chervonohryhorivka, and Myrove communities, came under fire. Infrastructure, administrative buildings, a gas station, a kindergarten, shops, apartment blocks, private houses, outbuildings, and cars were damaged.

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"A 38-year-old man was killed. Nine people were injured. Two were hospitalized in moderate condition. The rest are receiving outpatient treatment, including children – a 10-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy," Hanzha noted.

He added that in the Kryvyi Rih district, Russian forces struck Kryvyi Rih itself and the Zelenodolsk community, damaging infrastructure and an industrial enterprise.

As Ukrinform reported, since Friday evening, May 15, the Russian army has attacked three districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times, leaving one person injured.

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