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Russian attacks against Ukraine injure 16 over past day

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Russian attacks against Ukraine injure 16 over past day
The aftermath of Russian attacks against the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on July 16, 2024. (Governor Serhii Lysak/Telegram)

Russian attacks across Ukraine injured at least 16 people over the past day, regional authorities reported early on July 16.

In Kharkiv Oblast, a 51-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man were injured when Russia struck the village of Kindrashivka in the Kupiansk district shortly before midnight on July 15, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

Russian attacks against Donetsk Oblast over the past day injured eight civilians – five in Lyman, two in Chasiv Yar, and one in Illinka, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.

Attacks against Kherson Oblast injured six people over the past day, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.  A kindergarten, an administrative building, high-rise buildings, houses, and other property were reported as damaged.

Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts also came under attack, but no casualties were reported.

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Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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