Russians attack Nikopol district three times in a day, killing civilian and wounding 2 more

Russian forces attacked Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast three times on Sunday, 12 February 2023, using tubed artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS). 

Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "The aggressor attacked Nikopol district with tubed artillery and MLRS three times today. The city of Nikopol and the hromadas of Marhanets and Myrove came under fire [Hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories - ed.]. One person was killed, and two more were wounded."

Details: The occupiers attacked Nikopol on the morning of Sunday, 12 February. A 53-year-old woman was killed. Two more people were wounded, as was clarified later. They are an 88-year-old and a 76-year-old woman. One of them is currently receiving outpatient care, and the second one is taken to hospital. 

Six multi-storey residential buildings, a waterworks and a college premises have been damaged in the city. 

Russian forces attacked Marhanets hromada in the afternoon. There were no casualties. Twenty private houses, three cars, three power transmission lines and a gas pipeline were damaged. Two outbuildings were destroyed, and a further 15 were damaged. 

There were no casualties in Myrove hromada. 

Background: It was reported earlier that Russian occupying forces had attacked Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the morning of 12 February, killing a woman and injuring another.

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