Three killed and 34 injured in Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – photos, video

- 16 April, 09:22
Firefighters extinguishing a fire. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Three people have been killed and 34 injured in Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote: "Fires broke out at several locations in Dnipro as a result of a large-scale missile and drone attack yesterday evening and overnight… Sadly, two people have been killed and 30 injured."

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

Details: Another man was killed and three people were injured in the Nikopol district.

A firefighter.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Residential buildings, an office building, garages and cars caught fire in Dnipro. A fire also broke out on the premises of an educational institution. Russian strikes damaged high-rise residential buildings, houses, office buildings, an educational institution, a care home for elderly people, a business facility, garage units and cars.

A firefighter extinguishing a fire.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian forces attacked three hromadas in the Nikopol district and the city of Nikopol itself, causing fires in residential areas and in a disused building. A five-storey residential building and a car were damaged. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

A drone strike damaged a house and destroyed a building attached to it in the Novooleksandrivka hromada in the Dnipro district. A 14-year-old girl was injured in the attack.

Background: It was previously reported that Russian forces had launched strikes on the city of Dnipro on the night of 15-16 April, causing several fires, killing two people and injuring 27.

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