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Drone Strikes Ignite Dnipro Apartment Block, Injure 14, as Odesa Tallies Heavy Damage

Russian state media relayed Defense Ministry assertions of territorial gains in Kharkiv that remain unverified.

Overview

  • Overnight drone attacks on Dnipro injured 14 people, including an 11-year-old girl, and set balconies of a nine‑storey building and a home extension on fire, officials said.
  • The Dnipropetrovsk regional administration reported two more injuries in the Vasylkivka and Zaitseve hromadas, damage in the Pavlohrad district, and three additional injuries in Nikopol along with hits to infrastructure and a petrol station.
  • Ukrainian Air Command reported that 15 drones were downed over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast during the night strikes.
  • Odesa endured overnight and daytime drone attacks earlier in the week, with seven people injured and at least 32 houses damaged, including two destroyed, according to local authorities.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed control of Petropavlovka and Kupyansk and said air defenses downed 33 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions on Nov. 20–21, statements carried by Sputnik without independent verification.