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Russian Strikes Kill Child in Dnipropetrovsk Region as Ukraine Downs 40 Drones

Officials report extensive damage to homes, utilities, public sites across several districts.

Overview

  • Regional authorities say attacks hit Synelnykove and Nikopol districts, with drones, heavy artillery and Grad systems used against populated areas.
  • An overnight drone strike on Vasylykivka hromada killed a 12-year-old boy, and his parents were injured and treated.
  • An 11-year-old boy was injured in Nikopol, with officials reporting medical care provided.
  • Ukraine’s Air Command reported 40 Russian drones shot down over the region overnight during a large-scale assault.
  • Damage was reported to apartment blocks, private houses, market stalls, transport stops, an educational facility, a gas pipeline and warehouse sites, while one official update on daytime strikes in Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih districts noted no casualties.