Dnipro strikes (2022–present): Difference between revisions

| partof = the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and the [[2022–2023Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)|Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure]]

| fatalities = 70+ (Total)<br />1 (11 March attack)<br />2 (28 June attack)<br />4 (15 July attack)<br />3 (29 September attack)<br />3 (10 October attack)<br />2, including a pregnant woman (25 October 2022)<br />1 (26 November 2022 attack)<br>46 and 11 people reported missing (14 January 2023)<ref name=pravda_2023_01_19/><br />2 (28 April 2023)<ref name="0261-3077DniproStrike"/><br />4 (26 May 2023)<ref name="7404029KIrsD"/><br />7 (29 December 2023)<ref name="ataki-na-dnipro-upd311223"/><br />2 (23 February 2024)<ref name="7443373DniproStrikes"/><br />3 (19 April 2024)<ref name="dnipri-na-misci-rosiyskoji"/><br />2 (15 May 2024)<ref name="DniproStrikes7455910"/><br />2,3 2(28 peopleJune missing2024)<ref name="Dstr7463991"/><br />7 (283 JuneJuly 2024)<ref name="Dstr7464135"/><br />1 (8 July 2024)<ref name=Dmscl4y1pjk2dzo/>

<ref name="DniproStrikes_2024-06-29R"/><br />7 (1 July 2024)<ref name=Dms33015665/><br />53 (3 July 2024)<ref name="DStrike7463820"/><br />12 (8 July 2024)<ref name=Dmscl4y1pjk2dzo/>

An attack on Dnipro proper was carried out by Russian armed forces<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=При ракетном обстреле Днепра погибли три человека, еще 15 пострадали. Минобороны РФ заявило об уничтожении военных цехов |url=https://meduza.io/news/2022/07/15/gorod-dnepr-popal-pod-raketnyy-obstrel-pogibli-tri-cheloveka-15-postradali |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Meduza |language=ru |archive-date=2022-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716031117/https://meduza.io/news/2022/07/15/gorod-dnepr-popal-pod-raketnyy-obstrel-pogibli-tri-cheloveka-15-postradali |url-status=live }}</ref> on 15 July 2022. As a result, four people died, 16 were injured.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Удар по Дніпру: кількість загиблих зросла до 4 |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/07/18/7358807/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Українська правда |language=uk |archive-date=2022-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718230144/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/07/18/7358807/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The main target was the largest space plant of Ukraine located within the city.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-16 |title=Missile strike on Ukraine space plant in Dnipro kills three |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62189844 |access-date=2022-07-19 |archive-date=2022-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718225829/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62189844 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Missiles hit industrial enterprise in Dnipro, at least three people killed |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3530097-missiles-hit-industrial-enterprise-in-dnipro-at-least-three-people-killed.html |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.ukrinform.net |date=15 July 2022 |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719002809/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3530097-missiles-hit-industrial-enterprise-in-dnipro-at-least-three-people-killed.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the night of 21–22 May the premises of a private firm were hit by a Russian missile strike; eight people were injured (three of them hospitalised) and three buildings were damaged as a result.<ref name="Dniproattack7403297"/> 20 pieces of equipment of the [[State Emergency Service of Ukraine]] were destroyed.<ref name="Dniproattack7403297"/> Ukraine's air defence forces reported that they had shot down 15 Russian drones and four cruise missiles during the attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.<ref name="Dniproattack7403297">{{cite news |title=Overnight attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Ukraine downs 15 Russian drones and 4 missiles, but sees civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/22/7403233/|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]|date=22 May 2023|access-date=22 May 2023|language=English}}<br>{{cite news |title==Rescuer injured in Dnipro undergoes surgery|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/22/7403297/|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]|date=22 May 2023|access-date=22 May 2023|language=English}}</ref>

At around 20.30 hour on 28 July 2023 a Russian missiles attack (locals heard two explosions) hit a high-rise building in the centre of Dnipro.<ref name="Dnipro7413311"/><ref>{{cite web |author=Sofia Skoryk|title=Stay in shelters: explosions rang out in Dnipro|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/znahodtes-v-ukrittyah-u-dnipri-prolunali-vibuhi|date=28 July 2023|access-date=28 July 2023|language=Ukrainian|website=Informator}}</ref> A new residential complex, where many apartments were still uninhabited, was damaged.<ref name="Dnipro7413311"/> An office of the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] was also hit, but was reported to have been not in use for a while.<ref name="Dnipro7413311">{{cite webnews |title=Dnipro: Russian missiles hit apartment block and security service building|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66344549|access-date=29 July 2023|language=English|website=[[BBC News]]|date=29 July 2023 }}<br>{{cite web |title=5 people injured in Russian strike on apartment building in Dnipro – Internal Ministry|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/28/7413314/|date=28 July 2023|access-date=28 July 2023|language=English|website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]}}<br>{{cite web |title=Russians strike apartment building and building of Security Service in Dnipro|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/28/7413311/|date=28 July 2023|access-date=28 July 2023|language=English|website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Dnipro mayor [[Borys Filatov]] claimed that this strike was the third time the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] building had been targeted by Russia.<ref name="Dnipro7413311"/>|group=nb}} Dnipro mayor [[Borys Filatov]] claimed that Russian Iskander missals had hit the buildings.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sofia Yelahina|title="It's really a miracle": the mayor of Dnipro reacted to the missile attack on the Dnipro|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/ce-spravdi-divo-mer-dnipra-vidreaguvav-na-raketniy-udar-po-dnipru|date=28 July 2023|access-date=28 July 2023|language=Ukrainian|website=Informator}}</ref> Nine injured were reported and no deaths have been reported.<ref name="Dnipro7413311"/><ref name="aketnogo-v-dnipri-28723">{{cite web |author=Sofia Yelahina|title=Among the injured are two minors: the number of injured from a rocket attack in Dnipro has increased|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/sered-postrazhdalih-ye-dvoye-nepovnolitnih-zrosla-kilkist-poranenih-vid-raketnogo-udaru-v-dnipri|date=28 July 2023|access-date=28 July 2023|language=Ukrainian|website=Informator}}</ref> On 29 July 2023 [[Russia]]'s [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Defense Ministry]] spokesman [[Igor Konashenkov]] claimed "On the evening of July 28, the [[Russian Armed Forces]] targeted the Ukrainian armed forces' command center in the city of [[Dnipro]] with high-precision weapons. The target was hit."<ref>{{cite web|title=Russian forces carry out high-precision strike on Ukrainian command center in Dnepr|url=https://tass.com/defense/1654037|date=29 July 2023|access-date=29 July 2023|language=Ukrainian|website=[[TASS]]}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The city of Dnipropetrovsk was renamed to its current name Dnipro in 2016 to comply with [[decommunization in Ukraine|decommunization laws]]; in his report [[Igor Konashenkov]] referred to the city as ''[[Dnepropetrovsk]]''; the [[Russian language]] version of the name Dnipropetrovsk.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dnipropetrovsk renamed Dnipro|url=http://www.unian.info/politics/1349664-dnipropetrovsk-renamed-dnipro.html|date=19 May 2016|access-date=22 June 2020|agency=[[UNIAN]]|quote=The decision comes into force from the date of its adoption.}}<br />{{in lang|uk}} [http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=7430 Верховна Рада України (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623111800/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=7430 |date=23 June 2016 }}, ''Поіменне голосування про проект Постанови про перейменування міста Дніпропетровська Дніпропетровської області (No. 3864) (Roll-call vote on the draft resolution on renaming of Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk region No. 3864)'', 19 May 2016.</ref>|group=nb}}

On 28 June a Russian missile strike hit a nine-storey residential building in Dnipro, killing one person and injuring 13 and two women considered missing.<ref name="DniproStrikes_2024-06-29R">{{cite web |author=Sophia Skorik|title=Video of the moment of entry of a Russian rocket on a high-rise building in Dnipro|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/video-momentu-vluchannya-rosiyskoji-raketi-po-bagatopoverhivci-u-dnipri|access-date=29 June 2024|date=29 June 2024|language=Ukrainian|work=Informator}}<br>{{cite web |author=Sophia Skorik|title=In Dnipro, the person of a man who died as a result of a hostile attack on a high-rise building was identified|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/u-dnipri-vstanovili-osobu-lyudini-yaka-zaginula-vnaslidok-vorozhoji-ataki-po-bagatopoverhivci|access-date=29 June 2024|date=29 June 2024|language=Ukrainian|work=Informator}}<br>{{cite web |author=|title=At least one killed, 12 injured in Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Dnipro|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-strike-damages-residential-building-ukraines-dnipro-2024-06-28/|access-date=29 June 2024|date=28 June 2024|language=English|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> Among the injured was a 7-month-old baby and a pregnant woman.<ref name="DniproStrikes_2024-06-29R"/> Six days later (4 July 2024) a body of a woman was found under the rubble raising the death toll of attack to three.<ref name="Dstr7463991">{{cite news |title=Russian strikes on Dnipro: body found under rubble and injured person died in hospital|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/4/7463991/|access-date=4 July 2024|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |date=4 July 2024|language=English}}</ref> On 4 July 90% of the rubble of the building was removed, this rubble weighed 1,600 ton.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rescue workers have been removing debris of residential building in Dnipro for a week – photos|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/4/7464068/|access-date=4 July 2024|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |date=4 July 2024|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Oleh Bildin|title="Flight" on a high-rise building in Dnipro on June 28: rescuers have done almost 90% of the work, people are left without light|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/prilot-po-bagatopoverhivci-u-dnipri-28-chervnya-ryatuvalniki-vikonali-mayzhe-90-robit-lyudi-zalishayutsya-bez-svitla|access-date=4 July 2024|date=4 July 2024|language=Ukrainian|work=Informator}}</ref>

A morning strike on 3 July (instantly) killed 5 people and injured 53.<ref name="DStrike7463820">{{cite news |title=Five killed by Russian strike in central Ukraine|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce78nr3253jo|access-date=3 July 2024|work=[[BBC News]] |date=3 July 2024|language=English}}<br>{{cite news |title=4 civilians killed and 34 injured in Russian attack on Dnipro|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/3/7463820/|access-date=3 July 2024|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |date=3 July 2024|language=English}}</ref> The following two days two of the injured died in hospital, raising the death toll of attack to seven.<ref name="Dstr7464135">{{cite news |title=Russian attack on Dnipro on 3 July: injured woman dies in hospital, death toll reaches 7|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/4/7464135/|access-date=5 July 2024|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |date=5 July 2024|language=English}}<br>{{cite web |author=Oleksii Alexandrov|title=Missile attack on Dnipro on July 3: two more victims died in the hospital, the number of victims increased to 8|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/raketna-ataka-po-dnipru-3-lipnya-u-likarni-pomerli-shche-dvi-poterpili-kilkist-zhertv-zrosla-do-8|access-date=5 July 2024|date=5 July 2024|language=Ukrainian|work=Informator}}</ref> A hospital, a shopping centre, two schools and three kindergartens were damaged.<ref name="DStrike7463820"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Aftermath posted of Russian morning attack near shopping centre in Dnipro – photos|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/3/7463831/|access-date=3 July 2024|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |date=3 July 2024|language=English}}</ref> The5 following dayJuly was declared a day of mourning (in the city).<ref name="DStrike7463820"/><ref>{{cite web |author=Oleh Bildin|title=Enemy attack on Dnipro: in the city on July 4 declared a day of mourning – Filatov|url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/vorozha-ataka-na-dnipro-u-misti-4-lipnya-ogolosili-dnem-trauru-filatov|date=3 July 2024|access-date=3 July 2024|language=Ukrainian|work=Informator}}</ref> The [[Ukrainian Air Force]] claimed it had downed six drones and five out of seven missiles which had targeted Dnipro.<ref name="DStrike7463820"/>