One man killed and nine injured, including children, in Russian attacks on Nikopol district

- 16 May, 19:10
Aftermath of the Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

One person has been killed and nine others injured, including two children, as a result of Russian attacks on the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 16 May.

Source: Oleksandr Hanza, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

Quote: "One person was killed. Nine were injured, including two children. The enemy attacked two districts of the oblast more than 70 times using UAVs, artillery and missiles."

Details: In the Nikopol district, the attacks targeted the city of Nikopol, as well as the Marhanets, Pokrovske, Chervonohryhorivka and Myrove hromadas. Infrastructure, administrative buildings, a fuel station, a kindergarten, a shop, apartment blocks, houses, outbuildings and vehicles were damaged. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

A 38-year-old man was killed. Nine people were injured. Two were hospitalised in a moderate condition, while the rest are receiving outpatient treatment. Among the injured are a 10-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy.

In the Kryvyi Rih district, Russian forces struck Kryvyi Rih itself and the Zelenodolsk hromada. Infrastructure and an industrial facility were damaged.

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