Russia Attacks Dnipropetrovsk Region, Killing Woman and Injuring Several

On June 8, Russian forces attacked Nikopol and the Pavlohrad district in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure.

The information was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Hanza.

In Nikopol, a 49-year-old woman was killed in the strike, while four other civilians were injured. Two women, aged 53 and 60, were hospitalized in serious condition. The attack also damaged a residential apartment building, a bank branch, and a shop.

In the Pavlohrad district, two fuel stations were hit. Equipment at one of the filling stations was damaged, and several vehicles caught fire. A 62-year-old man was injured and hospitalized in moderate condition.

The attack in Dnipropetrovsk region followed other Russian strikes on civilian sites in Ukraine. For instance, on June 5 Russian drone strike on a fuel station in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region left one person dead and seven others injured.

The attack took place in the Chornobaivka community at around 1:00 p.m., when a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle hit a gas station, according to the Kherson Regional Military Administration.

The head of the administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said the strike occurred at approximately 1:10 p.m. and caused a fire at the site. He noted that the targeted location was an area frequently used by civilians stopping their vehicles while traveling.

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“The strike hit a place where there are always civilian cars and people who simply stopped along the road. The occupiers knew this perfectly well,” he said.

During the same day, Russian drone strike on the Brovary district in Ukraine’s Kyiv region killed four people and left four others injured.

Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Mykola Kalashnyk. said the attack hit a civilian food processing facility where employees were working at the time of the strike.

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