Two killed, two wounded as Russian forces attack Nikopol

Russian shelling of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region has killed a man and a woman and wounded two more men.

Serhii Lysak, head of the region's military administration, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"Enemy artillery took the lives of a 62-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman. Two men, 39 and 67 years old, were wounded. The Russians shelled the city from the very morning," the post said.

Lysak said that a private house caught fire and two more were damaged. Five apartment buildings were also damaged. A shop, two trade pavilions, outbuildings and a gas pipeline came under fire.