Destroyed houses, shops, church, power grids: at night, the enemy shelled Dnipropetrovsk region

Shelling of the Dnipropetrovsk region on October 16, 2023 – what is known about the shelling of Nikopol and the Marganets community

Сергій Лисак

At night, the Russian occupiers attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with rockets and artillery – there is destruction of civil infrastructure. There are no victims.

This was announced by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak.

According to him, one of the enemy missiles was shot down by military personnel from the Eastern Air Command. Another rocket hit the territory of the Dnipro district.

In the Nikopol district, the Russians used heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers. In Nikopol, two shops and a cafe, a private enterprise, a religious institution, a transport facility and a public square were damaged.

In addition, a five-story building, three private houses, an outbuilding, a car and a traffic stop were damaged. A gas pipeline and four power lines were affected. Almost one and a half thousand families remained without electricity.

Two houses, a religious object and power grids were damaged in the Marganets community. Fortunately, the night strikes and shelling did not cause human casualties.

Photo: Serhiy Lysak

 

Marta Bondarenko News editor