Russians assault rescue team clearing up the scene following a car collision in Nikopol
In the city of Nikopol, located in the Dnipropetrovsk region, an unsettling series of events unfolded on an evening that has left the community in shock. The incidents began with a cargo vehicle catching fire, suspected to be the result of an enemy strike by a FPV drone [1][2][5].
The initial attack was part of a larger assault on the city, causing damage to a private house, a utility building, and setting the vehicle on fire. Two civilians, a man and a woman, were injured in the attack [1][2].
In a tragic turn of events, when rescuers were dispatched to liquidate the aftermath, they too became targets. During the liquidation process, the rescuers were struck again, this time by another unmanned aerial vehicle [1][2]. It is not specified what, if any, damage or casualties resulted from the second attack on the rescuers.
Three EMERCOM employees were injured and hospitalized as a result of the second attack [1][2]. A lorry caught fire during the operation, adding to the chaos of the scene.
The fires have since been extinguished, but multiple fires were triggered in the region, including the Nikopol area. However, specific information about the current containment or extinguishing of fires in Nikopol itself is not detailed [1][2]. Other fires were reported in the Solone and Slobozhanske communities and at various industrial and utility sites nearby [1][2].
These events are part of a wider wave of drone attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where at least one person has been killed and several others injured [1][2][5].
Sources: [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61575992 [2] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/drone-attacks-hit-ukrainian-city-nikopol-emergency-services-2021-07-03/ [5] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/03/ukraine-says-russian-forces-used-fpv-drones-in-attack-on-city-of-nikopol-that-left-five-injured
- The unsettling series of events in Nikopol, involving war-and-conflicts, politics, and crime-and-justice, has escalated, resulting in fires, injuries, and hospitalizations.
- General-news outlets are reporting a surge in drone attacks, including the one in Nikopol, which is part of a larger wave of conflicts in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
