Russian strike wounds three in Pavlohrad, sets DTEK building on fire
Russian forces struck Pavlohrad in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on Thursday, wounding three people and setting fire to a coal company's administrative building.
Russian forces struck Pavlohrad in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on Thursday afternoon, wounding three people, regional military administration head Oleksandr Ganzha said. Two women and one man received the medical care they needed, he said.
A Russian drone hit the administrative building of a DTEK coal enterprise in the city, DTEK Pavlohradvuhillia said. The strike started a fire in the building, which State Emergency Service rescuers brought under control.
One worker suffered shrapnel wounds in the strike, DTEK said. Another employee sought medical help for an acute reaction to stress.
Ganzha said earlier that an administrative building in the city centre had caught fire in the attack, before later confirming the casualty figures for the city.
DTEK said Russia is systematically attacking its facilities. The company's thermal power plants have been hit in more than 230 Russian attacks since the start of the full-scale invasion, and coal enterprises in the Dnipropetrovsk region have also repeatedly come under fire, the company said.
What we know
- Russian forces struck Pavlohrad on Thursday afternoon; three people were wounded, two women and one man, Oleksandr Ganzha said.
- A drone hit the administrative building of DTEK Pavlohradvuhillia, a coal enterprise, starting a fire that rescuers brought under control.
- One worker suffered shrapnel wounds and another sought medical help for an acute stress reaction, DTEK said.
- DTEK's thermal power plants have been hit in more than 230 Russian attacks since 2022, the company said.
Why it matters for Europe
DTEK is Ukraine's largest private energy company and operates coal mines as well as thermal power plants across the country. Its power stations have been targeted in Russian strikes more than 230 times since the 2022 invasion, part of a wider campaign against Ukraine's energy grid, and its coal enterprises in Dnipropetrovsk region, which supply fuel for electricity generation, have also been repeatedly hit.
Sources
Reported by 3 reports from 3 independent outlets in 1 countries.
- Censor.net: Enemy strikes Pavlohrad: three wounded
- Ukrinform: Russian forces strike Pavlohrad, three people injured
- Censor.net: Russia attacks Pavlohrad again: administrative building catches fire in city centre
- Hromadske: росіяни атакували адмінбудівлю вугільного підприємства ДТЕК у Павлограді — є постраждалі
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Questions and answers
- How many people were wounded in the Pavlohrad strike?
- Three people were wounded, two women and one man, regional administration head Oleksandr Ganzha said.
- What was hit?
- A Russian drone struck the administrative building of a DTEK coal enterprise, DTEK Pavlohradvuhillia, starting a fire that rescuers brought under control.
- Has the area been targeted before?
- Yes. DTEK said its thermal power plants have been hit in more than 230 Russian attacks since 2022, and its coal enterprises in the region have also been repeatedly struck.
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