Russian forces fire on residential buildings in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with MLRS

DENYS KARLOVSKYI – WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE 2022, 18:31

Russian occupation forces have fired on Zelenodolsk and Apostolove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with Uragan multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).

Source: Valentyn Reznichenko, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "We have come under fire again. The enemy has attacked Zelenodolsk and Apostolove with Uragans."

Details: Russian occupation forces fired on residential neighbourhoods in Zelenodolsk with cluster munitions. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties.

In Apostolove, Russian forces hit the forest, causing a fire. Firefighters are working at the site of the incident.

Background: 

• On the evening of 14 June Russian forces fired on residential buildings in Apostolove with Uragan multiple rocket launchers, killing four civilians.
• Another civilian, a woman, was killed as a result of the Russian shelling of Zelenodolsk on 14 June.
• On 12 June, Russian occupation forces used cluster munitions in an attack on Synelnykove and Kryvyi Rih district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. A civilian was killed near Pokrovske.
• On the evening of 11 June Russian forces used cluster munitions to fire on the villages in the Pokrovske hromada [amalgamated territorial community - ed.] in the Synelnykove district. Farming facilities caught on fire and burnt down as a result of the attack.
• On the night of 9-10 June, Russian forces conducted a missile strike on the outskirts of Dnipro [the administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast - ed.] and opened artillery fire on the Kryvyi Rih district.