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Russian troops fired 15 artillery shells from tubed guns into residential areas of Nikopol during two separate strikes around 02:00 and 04:00 on the night of August 18, damaging private houses, a school, a shop, a church, gas pipelines, and power lines.

Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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Nikopol was struck twice by tubed artillery around 02:00 and 04:00, with 15 shells hitting residential areas.

A 57-year-old woman was injured with shrapnel wounds to the head and limbs.

Fifteen private houses, a school, cars, a shop, and a church were damaged.

Russian forces shelled the Nikopolskyi and Kryvorizkyi districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight on August 17.

Mass attacks occurred in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight, with occupiers striking using S-300 missiles.

15 shells from barrel artillery landed in residential quarters of Nikopol, damaging 15 private houses, a school, cars, a shop, and a church.

A 57-year-old woman was injured by the shelling and hospitalized.

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