Russian Forces Bomb Nikopol, Killing Elderly Woman: Kyiv Independent Report

Kiev, “Nikopol bombed, a 72-year-old woman dies”

Russian forces fired more than 30 shells in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in east-central Ukraine earlier this morning, killing an elderly woman and wounding three people. This was reported on Telegram by the governor of the Oblast, Serhiy Lysak, writes Kyiv Independent. “During the night, they hit the Nikopol district twice. They used Grad multiple rocket launchers and heavy artillery. More than 30 shells were fired. A 72-year-old woman died. Three locals were injured. One suffered a head injury. Two are in a state of stress and with concussions,” the governor stressed. The shelling also damaged seven homes, a skyscraper, shattered the windows of a college dormitory, hit three gas pipelines, a power line, 14 solar panels, farm buildings and five cars, Lysak added.