Five dead and 16 injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region

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Posted Sep 23, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC · In the digest of 2026-09-23-1900
Five dead and 16 injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region
Photo: Ziarul de Gardă

Russian strikes across five districts in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region have left five people dead and 16 injured, local emergency services reported.

Russian forces carried out nearly 60 strikes across five districts in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region within a 24-hour period, according to local emergency services. The artillery and drone attacks resulted in at least five fatalities and left 16 other individuals injured.

The heaviest casualties occurred in the Kamianske district, where three people were killed and five were wounded. Additional shelling in the Pavlohrad district caused two deaths and seven injuries, while further casualties were documented in the Nikopol district. Emergency response teams deployed throughout the affected areas to extinguish fires and rescue residents trapped beneath rubble as local officials continued assessing structural damage across municipalities.

Sources: Ziarul de Gardă

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