A home in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, damaged in Russian attacks on Dec. 21 that killed two woman and injured an 86-year-old man. (Serhii Lysak/Telegram)
Russian forces attacked Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the morning of Dec. 21, killing two women, aged 46 and 60, and injuring an 86-year-old man, said Governor Serhii Lysak.
Russia used heavy artillery to carry out the attacks.
The man was found in the rubble of a destroyed house and taken to the hospital.
The attacks also damaged several homes and other civilian buildings.
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.
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