“WARNING! The danger of ballistic missiles from the east! Take cover in the Dnipro!” the air force said at 5:01 (4:01 CET) on its telegram channel. Suspilne Dnipro reported on the explosions shortly afterwards.
It is not yet clear what kind of attack may have caused the damage.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that the Russians launched four Iskander M ballistic missiles. 131 Shahid attack drones and decoy targets imitating these drones also took off, and managed to shoot down 72 of them. They attacked almost all over eastern and central Ukraine, including the Kyiv region, up to the western Rivne region, Ukrainska pravda reported.
Dnipro is one of the industrial centers of Ukraine, where weapons are also produced. Since the occupation of part of Donbas in 2014, it has gained in importance, which increased even more when the Russians occupied large areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions during the invasion.
Ballistic missiles represent one of the biggest threats to the population. Due to their high speed, they are difficult to eliminate, it is only possible with anti-missiles, and the high speed also reduces the time to escape to cover.
Many military experts warn that the number of attacks on the Dnipro will increase as the Russians encircled Pokrovsk to a distance of only five kilometers from the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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