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City hall, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine

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Russian strike on Ukraine's Kirovohrad region kills three

Kropyvnytskyi

Kirovohrad region, Ukraine

Russian forces attacked the Kirovohrad region and its capital, Kropyvnytskyi, overnight on Oct 15 with drones, including jet-powered drones. Three residents of Kropyvnytskyi were killed and six injured, said regional military administration head Andriy Raikovych.

Length of the attack

10 hours

The attack targeted logistics, transport and industrial businesses and lasted 10 hours, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service. In all, 25 sites were hit, along with homes and cars.

Elsewhere in Ukraine

  • Two killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region
  • Power cut in part of Zdolbuniv, Rivne
  • Two industrial sites hit in Poltava
  • A business hit in Ternopil

Strikes elsewhere killed two people in the Dnipropetrovsk region and cut power to part of Zdolbuniv, in the Rivne region. Industrial sites were also hit in the Poltava and Ternopil regions.

Russia's defence ministry said it hit infrastructure at the port of Izmail and two cargo ships bound for Odesa.