Russia uses artillery and MLRS to attack Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing a woman

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO – TUESDAY, 23 AUGUST 2022, 07:48

The night of 22 August was tense in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as it suffered four Russian attacks. A woman was killed in one of the attacks.

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

Quote: “The Russian army has once again targeted two districts: the Kryvyi Rih district and the Nikopol district.

They used Uragans [multiple-launch rocket systems, or MLRS – ed.] to attack the Kryvyi Rih district, killing a 45-year-old woman in the Zelenodolsk hromada [amalgamated territorial community]. Her husband has sustained injuries and has been hospitalised. The family’s house has been damaged.”

Details: Russian forces fired on the Nikopol district three times over the course of the night.

They used heavy artillery to attack the hromada of Marhanets, firing a total of 13 projectiles. Two women, aged 61 and 63, were injured in the city of Marhanets, one of them was hospitalised and is in moderate condition.

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Six residential buildings and gas and water pipelines have been damaged.

The Russians also used artillery to shell the Chervonohryhorivka hromada, damaging a dozen houses and a power line. Up to 1,000 people have been left without power.

There were no casualties or fatalities.

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