Ukraine–Russia

Ukrinform, citing the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, reports 40-plus Russian strikes on three districts, injuring three civilians

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine: Pavlohrad and the communities of Nikopol district
Actors
Russia · Ukraine
Importance
Standard

Ukrinform, citing Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, reports that Russian forces struck three districts of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times on 3 October 2026 with drones, artillery and an aerial bomb, injuring three civilians. Hanzha said food warehouses were struck in Pavlohrad, injuring two people and causing a fire, and that the Nikopol, Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka and Pokrovske communities in Nikopol district came under Russian fire. The account gives no times for the individual strikes.

Open image · Image published by Ukrinform with its report of shelling in the Dnipropetrovsk region; the image itself was not verified. · Credit: Ukrinform (@Ukrinform_News) · Verification: unverified

  • Injuries: Best 3 · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Three injured as Russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times, Three injured as Russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times · Three civilians injured, of them two in Pavlohrad, per the regional administration head.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: Three injured as Russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times, Three injured as Russian forces shell Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times

Ukrinform cites Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, who said three people were injured and that the enemy struck three districts more than 40 times with drones, artillery and an aerial bomb. The same official account says food warehouses in Pavlohrad were hit, injuring two people and causing a fire, and that the Nikopol, Marhanets, Chervonohryhorivka and Pokrovske communities in Nikopol district came under Russian fire. This is one regional authority's account relayed by one news agency; no independent confirmation of the count, the damage or the injuries was found.