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UAV event in Dnipropetrovsk, Nikopol area, Ukraine on Thu 22nd January 2026

22nd January 2026

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Two people have been injured, fires have broken out and houses and cars have been damaged in Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of 21-22 January.

Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "A drone strike damaged eight houses and four cars in Pavlohrad. The aggressor also attacked the Vasylkivka hromada in the Synelnykove district with drones. An 81-year-old woman has been injured and hospitalised in a moderate condition." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Details: Fires broke out in the Synelnykove district, damaging an office building and a gas pipeline.

A 70-year-old woman was injured by a Russian drone and a house caught fire in Kryvyi Rih.

Russian forces also attacked the Nikopol district using FPV drones.

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