Invaders attack Nikopol and Orikhiv, killing one woman and injuring many others

TUESDAY, 16 AUGUST 2022, 17:05

On Tuesday, the invaders fired on residential areas in two cities, Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring at least ten people and killing one person. 

Source: Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Administration, on Telegram; Oleksandr Starukh, head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Reznichenko: "Around noon the Russian army fired on the Nikopol district once again. Residential areas of Nikopol were hit. 20 Grad rockets and ten projectiles from tubed artillery hit the city." 

Details: Reznichenko said at least four people were known to have been injured. One of the casualties is in hospital. Several private houses in the city were damaged; some of them caught fire. Rescue workers are working at the scene. 

Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, reports that as a result of today's attack on Orikhiv in the Polohy district [of Zaporizhzhia], one local woman was killed and six others were injured. Three of the casualties are employees of the energy company who were repairing the grid.

Dozens of private homes and civil infrastructure facilities were also destroyed. Rescue workers managed to put out the fires that broke out as a result of the attack. 

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