Russians attack Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: 11 injured – photos

Roman Petrenko, Olha Hlushchenko - 19 October, 10:24

The aftermath of the Russian attack. Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

Eleven people have been injured in a Russian attack on the Shakhtarske hromada in the Synelnykove district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Source: Vladyslav Haivanenko, acting Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

Details: Haivanenko said that 10 people had been injured in the Shakhtarske hromada in a drone strike. One woman is in a serious condition.

He added that apartments in three high-rise buildings had caught fire. A house in the Mezhova hromada also caught fire, while infrastructure was damaged in the Mykolaivka hromada.

The aftermath of the Russian attack.

Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

The aftermath of the Russian attack.

Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

Quote: "Russian forces shelled the Nikopol district with artillery and used drones. The city of Nikopol and the Pokrovske hromada came under attack, where the roof of a house caught fire.

There is also an update regarding the drone strike that occurred there in the evening. Local residents' houses, two cars and a power line were damaged."

Update: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office later reported that the number of injured had risen to 11.

In total, 7 apartment buildings, 27 cars (9 of them destroyed), a shop and an electrical transmission tower were damaged.

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