The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Sergey Lysak, reported this information.
Currently, the regional administration is not disclosing any further details regarding the shelling in the area.
Dnipropetrovsk region has become one of the areas where explosions occurred during the massive Russian assault on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. In Kharkiv, as a result of the shelling, 6 people were injured: five men and one woman.
On the morning of December 25, Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine. Explosions were heard in several regions, including Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Kryvyi Rih, and others. According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the cruise missiles even crossed the airspace of Moldova.
DTEK reported that the occupiers targeted the company’s thermal power plants, causing significant damage to the equipment.
This year marks the thirteenth large-scale attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and the tenth attack on the company's energy facilities. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, DTEK's thermal power plants have been shelled over 200 times.