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Russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring at least 2 people

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Russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring at least 2 people
The aftermath of the Russian shelling of the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on April 25, 2023. (Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhiy Lysak / Telegram)

Russian forces shelled the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring at least two people, Governor Serhiy Lysak reported on April 25.

According to Lysak, Russian forces targeted the cities of Nikopol and Marhanets with heavy artillery.

As a result of the attacks, two women, aged 64 and 77,  were injured in Marhanets.

Two administrative buildings were damaged, and eight private homes were destroyed, as well as an unnumbered amount of five- and nine-story apartment buildings, the governor wrote.

Two farm buildings were also destroyed, and 12 others were damaged. Gas pipelines and powerlines were also damaged.

In the city of Nikopol, a private enterprise, an apartment building, a shop, and cars were damaged as a result of Russian shelling.

Information is still being clarified, Lysak wrote, meaning that casualty numbers and surveys of the damage caused by Russian shelling can change.

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