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UkrainePublished: 18 July 2026 at 19:37

Four injured in Russian attacks on Nikopol district

Russian forces struck the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 18 July, wounding four people, two of whom were hospitalized.

Foto: Ukrainska Pravda (EN)

Russian forces carried out attacks on the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 18 July, according to Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration. The strikes targeted the city of Nikopol and the hromadas of Pokrovske, Myrove, Chervonohryhorivka, and Marhanets.

A lyceum (specialised secondary school), houses, and a lorry were damaged. A car and fields of wheat and peas caught fire. Four people sustained injuries; two were hospitalised. A 70-year-old woman is in serious condition.

In total, Russian forces launched nearly 40 attacks on four districts in the oblast, using drones, artillery, and aerial bombs.

Earlier, one person was killed in a Russian strike on a critical infrastructure facility in Kryvyi Rih.

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