Woman injured as Russians attack Nikopol district with heavy artillery

Russian troops have struck the Dnipropetrovsk region’s city of Nikopol and Chervonohryhorivka community with heavy artillery.

The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Head Mykola Lukashuk on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“The Nikopol district again came under enemy fire. Russian occupiers shelled Nikopol and the Chervonohryhorivka community with heavy artillery, having fired over 20 projectiles,” the report states.

A woman, 46, was injured. She is in stable condition and will receive outpatient treatment.

According to Lukashuk, two 5-storey apartment blocks were seriously damaged in Nikopol, as well as about 15 detached houses, seven household buildings, fences, a dozen of photovoltaic panels, power grids and gas pipelines.

About 1,000 household consumers were left without electricity. Repair works are underway.