Russian forces strike Kryvyi Rih, number of people injured in Dnipro rises to 19

Russian forces have attacked the city of Kryvyi Rih and the Kryvyi Rih district on the morning of 6 May, damaging infrastructure facilities. Meanwhile, the number of people injured in a Russian strike on the city of Dnipro on 5 May has risen.

Source: Oleksandr Vilkul, Head of the Kryvyi Rih Defence Council; Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council

Quote from Vilkul: "The enemy attacked the Kryvyi Rih district and our city this morning with Shahed drones. Infrastructure facilities have been damaged. No casualties have been reported so far. Dear residents, the threat of further strikes remains – please stay safe."

Details: Hanzha reported that the number of people injured in the Russian strike on Dnipro on 5 May has risen to 19.

"Four men aged 23, 33, 44 and 52 are in hospital in a critical condition. Thirteen people have been hospitalised in a moderate condition. The rest will receive outpatient treatment," he stated.

Hanzha reported that Russian forces had conducted over 30 attacks on four districts of the oblast over the past day using missiles, aerial bombs, artillery and drones.

Strikes targeted the city of Nikopol as well as the Marhanets, Pokrovske, Chervonohryhorivka and Tomakivka hromadas in the Nikopol district. Office buildings, a hotel, high-rise residential buildings, houses and cars were damaged. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

The Dubovyky hromada in the Synelnykove district was also affected, with a house and an outbuilding damaged.

Background: Russian forces struck the city of Dnipro on the evening of 5 May, killing four people. Reports at the time also confirmed that people had been injured.

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