Russian rocket artillery and drones attack Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight: damage and fires reported – photos

Ivan Diakonov — 17 August, 07:55
Russian rocket artillery and drones attack Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight: damage and fires reported – photos
A firefighter extinguishing a fire caused by the Russian attack. Photo: Serhii Lysak on Telegram

Russian forces attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with drones and Grad multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) on the night of 16-17 August. Fires and damage to civilian infrastructure have been recorded.

Source: Mykola Lukash, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council 

Details: Lukash said that Russian forces had attacked the Nikopol district with drones and Grad systems from the evening until morning.

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The aftermath of a Russian strike.
Photo: Serhii Lysak on Telegram

The city of Nikopol as well as the Pokrovske, Myrove and Marhanets hromadas came under fire. The attacks caused fires and damaged cars. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] 

 
The aftermath of a Russian strike.
Photo: Serhii Lysak on Telegram
 
The aftermath of a Russian strike.
Photo: Serhii Lysak on Telegram

Russian forces carried out drone strikes on the Mezhova and Pokrovske hromadas in the Synelnykove district, damaging houses, a garage and infrastructure facilities and causing fires to break out.

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