Seven people were wounded after Russian forces struck two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times using drones, artillery, and an aerial bomb on Wednesday, July 22.
In the Nikopol district, the center was targeted along with the Marhanets, Chervonohyrhorivka, and Pokrovske communities. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Hanzha, confirmed the strikes on his Telegram channel.
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According to the report, two 24-year-old men, along with men aged 22, 46, 54, and 66, were hospitalized in moderate condition. A 59-year-old woman is being treated on an outpatient basis.
Civilian infrastructure, including garages, a private home, a supermarket and a college, were damaged in the strikes on the Nikopol district. Several vehicles also sustained damage.
In the Pavlohrad district, the Troitske community was also struck, sparking a fire. No casualties have been reported from the incident so far.
Part of a broader pattern of strikes
The Dnipropetrovsk region, and Nikopol in particular, has continued to face near-daily Russian barrages since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, with attack counts frequently reaching between 40 and 70 strikes within a single day.
On Tuesday, July 21, Russian forces attacked two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 40 times with drones and artillery, wounding 5 people and leaving a 65-year old man in critical condition.
The attack came during a broader wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight into July 21, when Russian forces launched 58 attack drones nationwide, with Ukraine’s air defenses downing or suppressing 46 of them.
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Separately, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS) reported that Russian forces struck rescuers while they were extinguishing a fire in a residential building in the Nikopol district, wounding three firefighters.
Last week, the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission (HRMMU) in Ukraine deemed June 2026 as the deadliest month since the early phases of the war, recording 293 civilians killed and 1,990 injured.
According to HRMMU, southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia had 23 people killed and 229 injured in June, while Kherson saw 18 killed and 236 injured, and Dnipro reported 25 killed and 77 injured, placing the three regions well above the rest of the country due to their sustained exposure to shelling near the contact line.
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