Russia struck the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 30 times using drones, artillery and guided aerial bombs (KABs) on Friday, Oct. 16, killing a 74-year-old woman and injuring at least six other civilians.
According to the latest report from the regional governor, Oleksandr Hanzha, a Russian attack on Dnipro sparked a fire on the city’s outskirts and wounded four people.
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The estimated number of injured in the attack on Dnipro is preliminary, and the casualty toll could rise as authorities confirm details.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) earlier reported that explosive experts recovered an unexploded warhead from a Russian Geran-4 drone in the Dnipro district. The warhead had lodged on an overhead power line about 60 (roughly 196 feet) meters above the ground.
Pyrotechnicians from the SES’s S.I.G.M.A. special unit worked with specialists from the Delta special unit to remove the warhead, which was then handed over to the regional bomb disposal team to be destroyed.
Casualties recorded in the Nikopol area
In the Nikopol area, Russian forces targeted the city of Nikopol as well as the Marhanets and Pokrovske communities.
Along with the woman killed, a 59-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man were injured and will be treated as outpatients, according to Hanzha.
The strike damaged apartment buildings, private homes, an enterprise and a store.
Private homes damaged in the Synelnykove district
In the Synelnykove district, local authorities reported strikes on Petropavlivka, Mykolaivka and Vasylkivka communities, where private homes were damaged alongside infrastructure.
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A fire was caused by the strikes.
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