Russian drone attacks minibus in Nikopol district: 7 injured, including teenager

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - 1 August, 17:26

Destroyed minibus in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian forces attacked a minibus in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring seven people, including a 16-year-old teenager. Two people are in a serious condition.

Source: Ivan Vyhivskyi, Minister of Internal Affairs, reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs; Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

Quote from Vyhivskyi: "An hour ago, a Russian FPV drone struck a minibus carrying passengers. A deliberate and cynical strike on civilians.

As of now, seven people are known to have been injured, including a 16-year-old young man."

Details: Emergency workers and police evacuated the injured from the danger zone and took them to a medical facility. Early reports indicate that two people are in a serious condition.

Oleksandr Hanzha added that the incident took place in the Chervonohryhorivka hromada in the Nikopol district. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

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