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Three Civilians Dead as Russian Shelling Intensifies Across Dnipropetrovsk Region
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Three people have been killed and eight others injured following a series of strikes by Russian forces on the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Three districts in the province were targeted nearly 70 times throughout the day, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 20.
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The Nikopol district sustained the heaviest damage, with strikes hitting Nikopol, Marhanets, Pokrovsk, Myrove, and Chervonohryhorivka. Three individuals lost their lives and seven others were injured in these areas.
Emergency responders extinguished fires at a local business and near residential buildings, while also providing medical aid and transporting the wounded to hospitals.
In the Synelnykove district, attacks targeted the Pokrovsk, Vasylkivka, Mezhova, and Mykolaivka communities. The shelling destroyed a local culture center and caused damage to infrastructure, private homes, and vehicles. Firefighters were deployed to the scene to put out several fires resulting from the strikes.
The Kryvyi Rih district, including the city of Kryvyi Rih and the Hrushivka and Zelenodolsk communities, was also hit. The strikes damaged infrastructure projects, private residences, trucks, and solar panels.
A 10-year-old boy was injured during the attacks and is currently in the hospital in moderate condition.
The intensification follows a record-breaking March 2026 campaign where Moscow launched a historic 24-hour barrage of nearly 1,000 aerial weapons, including over 900 Shahed-type drones.
As Ukrainian air defenses adapt to these massive “drone swarms,” the Kremlin has increasingly shifted its focus toward terrorizing civilian logistical hubs—including the Sumy residential sector and Dnipropetrovsk shopping districts—to offset a battlefield advance that has slowed to a crawl of mere meters per day.
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