Russian strike kills man in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, damages Kryvyi Rih factory – photos

Iryna Balachuk, Ivan Diakonov — 2 March, 07:39
Russian strike kills man in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, damages Kryvyi Rih factory – photos
The scene of the strike. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian forces conducted an attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih on the night of 1-2 March, sparking several fires at a local factory. A man has been killed in the Russian strike on the Synelnykove district.

Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "A factory in the city was damaged. Several fires have broken out and firefighters are extinguishing them."

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Firefighters extinguishing the fire.
Firefighters extinguishing the fire.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details: Early reports indicated no casualties.

Update: Hanzha later confirmed that Russian forces had also struck the city of Apostolove in the Kryvyi Rih district, damaging premises belonging to a transport company.

Fire appliances.
Fire appliances.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote: "The Russians attacked the Pokrovske hromada in the Synelnykove district. Two houses were destroyed and four damaged. Sadly, a 55-year-old man was killed. His body was recovered from under the rubble of one of the destroyed houses." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Emergency workers clearing the rubble.
Emergency workers clearing the rubble.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian forces hit the city of Nikopol and the Myrove hromada in the Nikopol district, damaging a five-storey residential building.

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