A Russian strike on a market in Nikopol, Ukraine, killed five people and injured at least 19 others. Photo courtesy Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office
April 4 (UPI) — A Russian drone attack on a market in Nikopol, Ukraine, killed five people and injured at least 19 others Saturday, local officials said.
The strike hit the town in southeastern Ukraine, just across the Dnipro river from Ukrainian land now occupied by Russia, the BBC reported. Nikopol faces regular attacks from Russia due to its proximity.
Oleksandr Hanzha, the head of the regional military administration, said there were three women and two men among the dead. The injured included a 14-year-old girl, Sky News reported.
The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office described the attack as “yet another war crime by Russia.”
The nearby city of Sumy was also targeted by strikes overnight, with 11 people injured, the national police said. Among the damaged buildings were residential areas and utility networks.
The country’s State Emergency Service also reported strikes at a three-story office building in Kyiv, causing a fire on the first floor.
All told, the Ukrainian military said it down 260 of the 286 drone strikes launched toward its airspace overnight.
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