Russian overnight attack on Kryvyi Rih: industrial facility on fire, energy infrastructure damaged – photos
Russian forces have attacked the city of Kryvyi Rih with drones, damaging energy infrastructure and an industrial facility.
Source: Yevhen Sytnychenko, Head of Kryvyi Rih District Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council
Quote from Sytnychenko: "Russian terrorists [military forces – ed.] attacked the territory of the Kryvyi Rih district overnight, specifically the city of Kryvyi Rih, with UAVs. A fire broke out at an industrial facility as a result. Energy infrastructure was damaged."
Details: The State Emergency Service added that 86 firefighters and 28 fire appliances had been involved in dealing with the aftermath of the attack.
Lukashuk wrote that air defenders had destroyed 22 Russian drones over the oblast.
He also added that the Russians had attacked the Nikopol district with artillery and drones during the evening and night. Two women, aged 69 and 89, were injured in the Pokrovske hromada. They will be recovering at home. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
"In total, three high-rise buildings, four houses and three cars were damaged in the district," Lukashuk reported.
Background: On the night of 16-17 October, Russian forces conducted a large-scale attack on Kryvyi Rih with Shahed drones. Over 10 explosions were heard in the city.
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