One killed and five injured as Russia attacks Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 20 times in one day

A woman was killed and five people were injured in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as a result of Russian attacks on Sunday 15 March.

Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

Details: Throughout the day, Russian forces attacked five districts in the oblast 20 times with drones, artillery and aerial bombs.

A 73-year-old man injured in Dnipro was taken to hospital. Doctors have assessed his condition as moderate.

The Nikopol district was also hit, specifically the Nikopol, Marhanets and Pokrovska hromadas. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] Damage was caused to over 10 apartment buildings and houses, outbuildings, infrastructure facilities and vehicles.

A 56-year-old woman who was injured in the attack was taken to hospital. A 30-year-old man will receive outpatient treatment.

Six homes were damaged in the Pokrovska hromada in the Synelnykove district. A 66-year-old woman was injured and taken to hospital.

A fire broke out on the premises of a transport facility in the village of Piatykhatky in the Kamianske district.

The Troitske hromada in the Pavlohrad district was also hit. Houses, an outbuilding and a vehicle caught fire.

Update: Hanzha later reported that in addition, an 87-year-old woman was killed as a result of the Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and a 42-year-old man was injured.

In the Troitske hromada, two houses were destroyed and about 10 were damaged. Rescue workers retrieved the body of the dead woman from under the rubble of a destroyed house.

In the Dubovyky hromada in the Synelnykove district, a driver was injured as he was delivering bread.

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