Six wounded as Russia attacks Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times in a day

Russian attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine wounded six people on 1 November. Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration, said Russian forces attacked five districts more than 40 times, using drones and artillery. The figures come from Hanzha and Ukraine's State Emergency Service.

Nikopol district

Nikopol district was hit hardest. The district centre and the Marhanets, Pokrovske and Chervonohryhorivka communities came under fire. An apartment block, private houses, a hotel, shops, infrastructure and cars were damaged. A 34-year-old man was taken to hospital in moderate condition, while a 65-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man are receiving outpatient treatment. An update said four people were wounded in the district in total; rescuers evacuated two of them from the danger zone and handed them to medics.

Other districts

In Dnipro, the enemy targeted businesses. In the Pidhorodne community of Dnipro district, an enterprise and a truck were damaged and fires broke out. In Pavlohrad and Kamianske districts, the attacks hit infrastructure; a 60-year-old man was hospitalised in moderate condition.

In Synelnykove district, Russian forces targeted the Vasylkivka community. A private house was damaged and caught fire, and a 43-year-old man was taken to hospital in moderate condition. According to the emergency service, all fires caused by the shelling have since been extinguished.

Previous attack

Earlier, on 31 October, a Russian strike on Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region wounded 10 people, including three children.