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Governor: Russian forces rain fire on Nikopol, injuring 3 civilians

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Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said that the city of Nikopol was targeted overnight on Oct. 12 with 100 Russian shells, damaging a private residence and badly injuring a 6-year-old girl and her mother. Both of them and another wounded woman are being treated in hospital. Overall, more than 30 high-rises and private residences, two kindergartens, a school, a number of shops, a gas transmission system and power lines were damaged in the attack.

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"Russian military personnel know exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can stay in the air," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, commenting on the attacks. "The routes are always calculated. This cannot be an accident, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders."

It is the third time Russian forces have used pipelines as a tactic, which they first adopted during the Battle of Avdiivka. Back in March, around 100 troops passed through a gas pipeline to reach Ukrainian positions in Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

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