A 17-year-old boy was killed in the Synelnykove district after touching a cluster munition that detonated upon contact. This incident marks the eighth fatality in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast caused by remnants of these munitions.
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A 17-year-old boy was killed after touching a cluster munition that detonated upon contact in the Synelnykove district.
This was the eighth death in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast caused by cluster munitions.
A 17-year-old teenager died after touching an unexploded cluster shell which detonated.
Seven other people have died due to unexploded devices in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast since Feb. 24, according to Governor Valentyn Reznichenko.
One civilian, a 57-year-old woman, was wounded in moderate condition due to Russian shelling in Nikopol.
A 17-year-old boy died in the Synelnykove district due to detonation of a cluster munition he touched.
This is the eighth death in the Dnipropetrovsk region due to cluster munitions.
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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:01:46.813Z
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