Ukraine–Russia

Russian FPV drone kills 67-year-old Oleksandr Sulimenko in his car on a riverside street in Nikopol (21 Sep)

ATTACK
Location
Nikopol riverside street, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; city±5km; exact street unpublished
Actors
Russia · Ukraine
Importance
Standard

Suspilne (~10:07Z 22 Sep) memorial/naming: around 14:00 Kyiv on 21 Sep 2026, a Russian FPV drone hit Oleksandr Sulimenko’s car on a riverside street in Nikopol; the vehicle burned and the 67-year-old was killed on site (ERDR Art.438). Not present in live overnight Nikopol district wraps. Prefer named civilian KIA over catalog gap; incident day is 21 Sep with in-window naming wire. Exact street unpublished — city±5km.

Why it matters

Named civilian FPV KIA in Nikopol with memorial wire — fills catalog gap vs anonymous overnight district wraps.

  • Fatalities: Best 1 · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Потрапив під FPV-дрон, коли їхав в авто: через удар РФ загинув 67-річний Олександр Суліменко з Нікополя · One fatality: Oleksandr Sulimenko, 67, killed on site (Suspilne).
  • Injuries: Best 0 · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Потрапив під FPV-дрон, коли їхав в авто: через удар РФ загинув 67-річний Олександр Суліменко з Нікополя · No additional injuries reported in the Suspilne naming package.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: Потрапив під FPV-дрон, коли їхав в авто: через удар РФ загинув 67-річний Олександр Суліменко з Нікополя

PROBABLE via Suspilne naming/memorial: Oleksandr Sulimenko 67 killed by FPV in his car on a Nikopol riverside street ~14:00 Kyiv 21 Sep; vehicle burned; ERDR Art.438. In-window naming wire 22 Sep ~10:07Z. Exact street unpublished — city±5km. Not absorbed into overnight Nikopol district wraps.