Russian strikes kill five and injure 16 in Dnipropetrovsk region

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Posted Aug 28, 2026, 08:00 PM UTC · In the digest of 2026-08-28-2000
Russian strikes kill five and injure 16 in Dnipropetrovsk region
Photo: Ziarul de Gardă

Russian strikes across five districts in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region left five civilians dead and 16 wounded, according to local emergency services.

At least five civilians were killed and 16 others sustained injuries following a series of Russian bombardments across Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region over a 24-hour period, emergency officials reported.

Russian forces launched nearly 60 attacks targeting five separate districts in the central region. In Kamianske district, three people were killed and five were wounded, while two fatalities and seven injuries were reported in Pavlohrad district. Additional casualties and significant infrastructure damage occurred in Nikopol district, which faced heavy artillery shelling and drone strikes. First responders deployed across the targeted sites to extinguish fires and search for survivors amid ongoing rescue operations.

Sources: Ziarul de Gardă

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