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Boy killed and five injured in attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Russian drone and missile attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine on Oct.
10 killed an 11-year-old boy and injured five people.
The boy was killed by a munition dropped from a drone in the Pokrovske community, in Nikopol district.
Two other children, aged 10 and 12, were injured and hospitalized; three adults were also hurt.
Regional authorities said Russian forces attacked the oblast more than 30 times that day with drones and artillery.
The strikes damaged homes, a gas station, an ambulance, infrastructure, vehicles and agricultural machinery.
Nikopol, in the attacked district, lies across the Dnipro River from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and has faced frequent attacks during the full-scale invasion.
The attacks came amid several days of deadly Russian strikes elsewhere in Ukraine, but no further response or next steps were stated.
An 11-year-old boy was killed and five people were injured in Russian drone and missile attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Oct. 10, regional authorities said.
The boy was killed by a munition dropped from a drone on the Pokrovske community in Nikopol district.
Two of the injured were children, aged 10 and 12, and were hospitalized.
Russian forces attacked the oblast more than 30 times during the day with drones and artillery, Governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported.
The attacks damaged homes, infrastructure, a gas station, an ambulance, vehicles and agricultural machinery.
- Who
- An 11-year-old boy was killed and five people were injured, including two children.
- What
- Russian drone and missile attacks hit Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
- When
- Oct. 10, 2026.
- Where
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, including communities in Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih and Dnipro districts.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Fatality
- One 11-year-old boy killed
- Injuries
- Five people, including a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy
- Attack count
- More than 30 attacks reported during Oct. 10
- Nikopol district
- Residential buildings, a gas station and an ambulance damaged
- Other damage
- Private homes and infrastructure in Zelenodolsk; vehicles and agricultural machinery in the Mykolaiv community of Dnipro district
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