UAV event in Nikopol' area, Ukraine on Thu 18th June 2026

Russian ballistic strike on Dnipro and attacks on Nikopol district leave 2 dead, 15 injured,

Russian forces struck premises belonging to a business in the city of Dnipro and attacked the Nikopol district with FPV drones on 18 June, killing two people and injuring 15 others.

Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office; Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov; State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details: Hanzha said premises belonging to a business in the city were damaged in the Russian attack.

Early reports indicated that four people had been injured.

Update: Hanzha later reported that one man had been killed and nine people injured in the morning Russian strikes on Dnipro.

Quote from Hanzha: "Eight of those injured are in hospital. Doctors have assessed their condition as moderate.

The other person will recover at home."

Update: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office later specified that Russian forces had struck Dnipro with missiles, thought to be ballistic missiles.

The mayor of Dnipro reported that no residential buildings were damaged in the Russian strikes on the city.

He said most of those injured are still in hospital. They suffered lacerations, shrapnel wounds and contusions.

Filatov also clarified that the man killed in the attack was an operator at a production facility.

In addition, the Russians attacked the Nikopol district with FPV drones during the morning and afternoon. One man was killed and four other people were injured. Houses and vehicles were damaged.