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Russian military attacks Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills woman.

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Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhiy Lysak said on Feb. 12 that the Russian army had shelled the region three times during the day, killing a 53-year-old woman in the town of Nikopol.

Russian shelling also injured two other women in Nikopol, a 76-year-old and an 88-year-old, he said.

As a result of the attacks, six multi-storey buildings, a water supply facility and a college building were damaged.

In the Marganets community, the Russians damaged civilian infrastructure, including 20 private houses, power transmission lines, and a gas pipeline, Lysak said.

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