(Reuters) – Russian artillery and drone attacks on Friday resulted in the deaths of three individuals and caused damage to an unspecified infrastructure facility, power lines, and a gas pipeline in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions of Ukraine, according to local officials.
Both regions have been subject to regular shelling by Russian troops in occupied territory on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, leading to frequent air alerts throughout the day.
The governor of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak, reported on the Telegram messaging service that a 67-year-old woman was killed in an afternoon drone attack, while a 68-year-old man sustained shrapnel wounds and was hospitalized as a result. Lysak also mentioned that an infrastructure facility, a gas pipeline, and power lines, along with 11 private houses, had been damaged. Images shared by Lysak depicted buildings with shattered windows, large holes in the walls, and a burnt car.
In Kindiyka, Kherson region, governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Telegram that shelling in the morning resulted in the death of a 69-year-old man and the injury of a 63-year-old individual. He later added that a 61-year-old man was killed and five more were injured in a separate shelling in Novoraysk.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
