💥 Attack

A Russian drone struck a freight train in the Dnipropetrovsk region while it was moving, hitting an electric locomotive and injuring two railway workers (the driver and his assistant).

Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk
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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The enemy attacked the railway infrastructure of the Dnipro region. While a freight train was moving, a UAV hit the electric locomotive. The driver and his assistant were injured.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian troops attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast almost 40 times on 5 March using drones, artillery and an aerial bomb, leaving two people injured.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

In the Nikopol district, the city of Nikopol came under fire as well as the Myrivka, Pokrovsk, Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka hromadas.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Damage was caused to transport infrastructure, almost two dozen houses and outbuildings, four apartment buildings, an agricultural business and vehicles.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Two men aged 41 and 70 were injured. One of them was taken to hospital in a moderate condition.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Transport infrastructure was also damaged in the settlement of Verkhivtseve in the Kamianske district.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

A block of flats was damaged in the Mezhova hromada in the Synelnykove district.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

In central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Russia attacked four districts of the region with artillery, drones, and guided aerial bombs (KABs), regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported on March 5.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian soldiers also struck enemy troop concentrations in the vicinity of Berezove in the Dnipropetrovsk region

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:21.136Z

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