Russian troops attacked the Nikopol area with artillery. Skyscrapers and a private house were damaged

During the night, the enemy targeted the artillery in the Nikopol region, striking twice and focusing on the center of the district and Marhanec. Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipro OVA, reported this on Telegram.

"Regarding the situation last night, the enemy struck artillery twice in the Nikopol region, hitting the district center and Marhanec"
Serhiy Lysak noted.

Łysak mentioned that two five-story buildings, a private house, an outbuilding, and a car sustained damage. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

"All information is available after the power failure. Do not record or publish anything online" he emphasized.

5 children among 11 killed in Russian attacks on eastern Ukraine

In another tragic event, at least five children were among the 11 people killed in a Russian missile strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, as reported by the local governor, Vadym Filashkin.

Rescue efforts continued into the night, with pictures posted online showing teams sifting through piles of smoldering rubble and a burned-out vehicle in the dark.

Filashkin stated that Russian forces engaged in “mass shelling” of Pokrovsk with S-300 missiles around 3 p.m. "As a result of this barbaric attack, 11 people died, including five children aged from three to 17 years," he said. “chatThese people were injured. Rescue operations are continuing. Closer to morning, we will have a better understanding of the final numbers of those who were injured”.

Filashkin had previously mentioned that the main strike targeted the town of Pokrovsk and nearby villages, approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Russian-held regional center of Donetsk.

In response, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his nightly video address, condemned the attack, emphasizing that it “quite simply targeted ordinary, private homes. And Russia must be made to feel that none of these strikes will pass without consequences for the terrorist state”.

“Truly horrified”

Denise Brown, the U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, expressed deep concern about the strikes, particularly the deaths of children. "These were just children who have been killed because of this war," Brown said in a statement.

Recent Russian attacks on towns, she added, were "leaving behind an outrageous number of children, women, and men killed and injured and a trail of loss and destruction."

There was no immediate response to a request for comment on the incident from Russia's Defense Ministry. A Russian military statement issued earlier on Saturday claimed that its forces had struck a command post used by a Ukrainian military formation near Pokrovsk. Additionally, a senior Moscow official working in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, Rodion Miroshnik, alleged that Ukrainian forces had shelled a hospital in Donetsk, injuring three patients. Pictures he posted online showed damage to rooms and some outbuildings.