"Noisy night" in Dnipropetrovsk region: 8 artillery rounds on Nikopol alone

WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST, 2022, 07:58

Russian troops shelled the Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast intensively overnight on 16 August, with 8 artillery rounds fired on Nikopol.

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

Quote from Reznichenko: "It was a noisy night... The Russian army shelled two districts of the oblast – Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih."

Details: The district of Nikopol was attacked three times overnight.

Russian forces fired 8 rounds using tubed artillery on Nikopol overnight. Six private houses, cars and a gas pipeline were damaged in the city. There were no casualties.

The Russians fired 40 Grad MLRS rockets on the hromada (amalgamated territorial community) of Chervonohryhorivka. A local business and power line were damaged.

Russian shells also hit the recently repaired Nikopol highway, where craters were formed.

There were no fatalities or injuries.

Russian forces fired using Uragans on the Kryvyi Rih district, attacking Shyroke hromada. There were no casualties or damage.

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