Russian forces bombarded Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with kamikaze drones and heavy artillery on May 2, 2024.
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Russian forces bombarded Nikopol district (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) with kamikaze drones and heavy artillery on 2 May.
Air defense forces were activated in the region. The defenders of the sky shot down a drone over the Kryvyi Rih district.
The plant lies at the mostly dried-up Kakhovka Reservoir, just across Nikopol and other settlements that are targeted by Russian drones and artillery on a nearly daily basis.
The flight path of the Russian kamikaze drone extends over the ZNPP power units towards the Ukrainian-controlled Nikopol and Marhanets communities, which are under constant enemy attack.
Ukrainian air defense shot down an enemy UAV over the Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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