Victims of the so-called ceasefire: one woman killed and another injured in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
One woman was killed and another injured in Russian drone attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 9 May, when the so-called "ceasefire" with Russia was supposed to be in effect.
Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Details: The Russians attacked two districts in the oblast using UAVs.
The town of Nikopol and the Myrove and Chervonohryhorivka hromadas came under fire. An apartment building and a secondary school were damaged. An 87-year-old woman was injured and taken to hospital in a moderate condition. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
The Russians also struck the Mezhova hromada in the Synelnykove district. A 46-year-old woman was killed.
Previously: On 9 May, a woman was killed and a man was injured in a Russian drone strike on Kherson Oblast.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the start of the day on 9 May, when the so-called "ceasefire" was meant to be in effect, Russian forces had carried out 51 attacks as of 16:00.
Background:
- On 8 May, US President Donald Trump announced a three-day ceasefire in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap would take place on 9 May and confirmed the US president's announcement regarding a ceasefire with Russia on 9-11 May.
- Ukraine officially granted Russia permission to hold its Victory Day parade as part of the ceasefire arrangements.
- Russia also agreed to support Trump's ceasefire initiative for 9-11 May and the prisoner exchange.
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