On the evening of 2 October, Russian troops attacked a residential area in Dnipro. According to the latest information from the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, large-scale fires broke out following the attack; residential buildings and cars are ablaze, and some residents have been trapped in their own flats. Emergency services are working at the scene; details of those affected and the full extent of the damage are being ascertained.
- On the evening of 2 October, Russia attacked a residential area in Dnipro.
- According to the Regional Military Administration, residential buildings and cars caught fire following the strike.
- There are people who are unable to leave their own flats unaided.
- Rescue workers and other emergency services are at the scene.
Fires broke out in a residential area
Footage released by the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration shows a major fire near a residential area. At least several cars are engulfed in flames, and thick smoke is rising from the scene of the incident.
According to an urgent report from the regional authorities, residential buildings also caught fire as a result of the attack. Some people have been trapped in their flats, so the emergency services are carrying out rescue operations directly at the site of the strike.
The exact number of residents who needed to be evacuated or rescued was not specified at the time of the initial report.
Details of those affected are being confirmed
The OVA has not yet released final figures on the number of dead or injured. Initial reports following strikes often change as rescue workers survey damaged buildings and gain access to flats. Consequently, information on the consequences of the attack remains subject to change. Figures on the number of damaged buildings, vehicles and other civilian infrastructure are expected once the initial rescue operations have been completed.
The Dnipropetrovsk region has been under attack for the past 24 hours
This is not the first Russian attack on the region on 2 October. On Wednesday night, Russian forces launched drone attacks on three districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region on nearly 20 occasions. According to the Regional Military Administration, a 50-year-old man was injured in the attacks, and apartment blocks, shops, a car repair garage and infrastructure facilities were damaged.
The Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih and Synelnykiv districts came under attack during the night. Separately, the day before, Russian troops attacked Pavlohrad and Dnipro; in Pavlohrad, seven people were reported to have been wounded during the day following two attacks.
