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Russian Drone and Artillery Strikes Hit Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava, Killing Civilians

Regional leaders report a renewed pattern of drone-and-artillery attacks on civilian areas.

Overview

  • Ukrainian officials said more than 60 drone and artillery hits struck the Dnipropetrovsk region on Saturday, injuring a 64-year-old woman.
  • The attacks hit Nikopol and nearby communities, causing fires and damaging homes, an apartment building, a shop, outbuildings, and trucks.
  • Regional authorities reported two lorries burned in Nikopol after FPV drones attacked, with the driver of one, a 67-year-old man, reported dead at the scene.
  • In Poltava’s Lubenskyi district, officials said a crashing enemy drone damaged a store and a coffee shop and left one person dead with another injured.
  • Local administrations say these strikes followed deadly bus attacks in Nikopol on April 7, showing a run of hits on civilian transport in central-eastern Ukraine.