Russian forces use MLRS to shell Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring civilians – Dnipropetrovsk Military Administration

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 21:35

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO —  WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022, 21:35

On the evening of 6 July, Russian troops used multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to fire on the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Three civilians were injured in the attack, one of them is in a critical condition.

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

Quote from Reznichenko: "A difficult day and a difficult evening.

In the evening, the enemy shelled the Synelnykove district using multiple rocket launchers. They hit the Pokrovsk hromada [amalgamated territorial community - ed.]. Three people were injured, one of them is in a critical condition. A fire broke out at a local agricultural enterprise. Rescuers are extinguishing the fire."

Details: According to Reznichenko, the Kryvyi Rih district suffered Russian attacks since the morning of 6 July. Russian forces attacked the district six times, using different weapons. Four hromadas [amalgamated territorial communities - ed.] came under the Russian fire: Shyroke, Apostolove, Nyva Trudova and Zelenodolsk.

Wheat fields caught fire in the Apostolove and Nyva Trudova hromadas. A forest caught fire in the Zelenodolsk hromada. 

The attacks damaged a solar power plant in the Shyroke hromada and destroyed a house in the village of Shestirnia, causing a fire to break out; the fire has been extinguished. The supply of electricity and gas to the village has been partially disrupted.

The head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration said that there were no casualties.