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Russian attacks against Dnipropetrovsk Oblast injure 3

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Russian attacks against Dnipropetrovsk Oblast injure 3
The aftermath of Russian attacks against the Nikopol district on Dec. 16, 2023. (Governor Serhii Lysak/Telegram)

Russian artillery and drone attacks against Dnipropetrovsk Oblast's Nikopol district on Dec. 16 injured three men, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.

All the victims were hospitalized and are in moderate condition, the governor added.

Russia reportedly launched seven "kamikaze" drones and four artillery attacks against Nikopol and the Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka communities.

A five-story building, five houses, two other buildings, and an excavator were damaged, according to Lysak.

Power lines were also reportedly hit, leaving more than 100 families without electricity.

Nikopol, situated on the banks of the mostly dried-up Kakhovka Reservoir, just across from Russian-occupied Enerhodar and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, is a regular target of Russian attacks.

In attacks against the city on Dec. 16, two women were reportedly injured.

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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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