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Drone strike on Zaporizhzhia leaves two injured in the area

UA.NEWS 16 May 2026 18:39
Drone strike on Zaporizhzhia leaves two injured in the area

A Russian drone struck the Zaporizhzhia region, injuring two men. The attack took place in the Nyzhnia Khortytsia area, and the victims were promptly provided with medical assistance. This was reported by Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.

 

Russian troops attacked the Zaporizhzhia region using a drone, striking the territory of Nyzhnya Khortytsia, where civilians were present at the time of the strike, and two men were injured as a result of the explosion.

This was reported by Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, who specified that the injured men were 36 and 45 years old, and that medical personnel immediately provided them with the necessary assistance. Emergency services were deployed in the region following the attack; the area was inspected for additional hazards, and the site of the strike was documented for further investigation into the consequences of yet another shelling by Russian forces.

Local authorities emphasize that such drone attacks on frontline communities remain a regular occurrence and urge residents to follow safety protocols during air raid alerts.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops carried out 46 strikes on the Chernihiv region, resulting in injuries to a civilian woman

Since Friday evening, the Russian army has carried out more than 20 attacks on three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in at least one casualty.

On May 15, a Russian drone attacked the Hryhorii Skovoroda National Literary and Memorial Museum in the Kharkiv region. The strike damaged the protective shelter of the site, which is under UNESCO protection.

Russian troops struck a facility belonging to one of the structural units of Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo in the Zaporizhzhia district. The attack damaged service vehicles.

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