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A 12-year-old boy was killed when unexploded ammunition from a cluster projectile detonated in the Synelnykivskyi district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The boy had picked up the ordnance and brought it to his home before it exploded.

Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

A 12-year-old boy died after ammunition from a cluster projectile detonated in Synelnykivskyi district

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The boy found the ammunition and brought it home where it detonated

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

This is the sixth death in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast caused by cluster munition ammunition

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A 12-year-old boy found ammunition from a cluster bomb in Synelnikove District

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The boy brought the ammunition home where it exploded

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The explosion killed the boy

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:55.856Z

Source story: 7344868