Intense Russian shelling on Dnipropetrovsk leaves wounded and wide-scale sweeping near Zaporizhzhia

Three people were injured in a series of ongoing Russian attacks targeting Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, where Russian forces launched more than twenty additional attacks since this evening, affecting five districts in the area.

According to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform, the intense shelling focused on several directions, resulting in injuries to three civilians, though the agency did not provide further details about the nature of the injuries or the exact locations that were struck.

These attacks come days after similar shelling in the same region, when Russian forces launched about thirty attacks on Dnipropetrovsk late last month, injuring five people, as reported by Ukrainian sources at the time.

In a related context regarding military operations in southern Ukraine, military expert Andriy Marochko said that Russian forces have managed to sweep a large area near the town of Dolynka in the Zaporizhzhia region. Marochko added, in statements carried by Russia's TASS news agency, that Russian soldiers have nearly finished clearing the villages of Malye Shcherbaki, Mirnoye, and Nesteryanka, all located near Dolynka.

These developments reflect the continued intensity of clashes on the southeastern front in Ukraine, where Russian forces are attempting to expand their control over new areas, while Ukrainian forces continue their efforts to repel the repeated attacks.

In a separate development regarding the Middle East, media reports have raised questions about Israel's intention to proceed with its plan known as "E1," which could lead to dividing the occupied West Bank into two halves. An episode of a program on Al Jazeera English addressed this topic, highlighting recent Israeli moves in this direction.

However, this issue remains separate from the course of the war in Ukraine, which continues to escalate on multiple fronts, with ongoing exchanges of shelling and military operations between the Russian and Ukrainian sides.

Available data so far indicates that the attacks on Dnipropetrovsk were not limited to specific locations but extended to scattered areas across five districts, increasing the difficulty of containing their impact on civilians and infrastructure in the region.

No official information has yet been released regarding the extent of material damage caused by the recent attacks, but the continued escalation in the pace of shelling raises concerns about further deterioration in the humanitarian situation for the region's residents.