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Shahed wreckage falls on farm in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, causing fire – photo

Thursday, 18 January 2024, 07:45
Shahed wreckage falls on farm in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, causing fire – photo
Photo: Lukashuk’s Telegram

The wreckage from downed Shahed attack drones has fallen on a farm in Pavlohrad district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, causing a fire and damage.

Source: Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council; Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram  

Quote from Lukashuk: "Our air defence units downed four Shahed drones over Pavlohrad district last night. The falling wreckage caused a fire at a farm. Outbuildings and a trailer were damaged. No people were injured."

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Photo: Lukashuk’s Telegram  

Details: The Russians also fired artillery at Myrove hromada in Nikopol district on the late evening of 17 January [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]. 

 
Photo: Lukashuk’s Telegram

Russian bombardments damaged four residential buildings, two outbuildings (one was destroyed), fences and two power lines in Nikopol. No one was injured.

 
Photo: Lukashuk’s Telegram

The authorities said the night had passed quietly in other hromadas of the oblast.

Background:

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 33 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs overnight on 17-18 January, and Ukrainian air defence units were able to destroy 22 of them.

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