Russian Drone And Artillery Attacks Injure 7 People In Ukraine's Nikopol

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JAKARTA - Russian shooting attacks injured seven people in the city of Nikopol, Ukraine, in the Dnipropxisk region.

Regional Governor Serhiy Lysak previously said Russian troops attacked areas near the Nikopol with kamikaze drones and artillery on Wednesday, July 3 evening and Thursday morning.

The attacks damaged infrastructure, four residential buildings, one gas pipeline and power lines, he said.

Nikopol has been the target of Russian attacks since Russia's massive invasion in February 2022. Russia denies targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure, but thousands of people have been killed.

Latest in the Ukraine-Russian clashes, the Ukrainian military chose to withdraw from parts of Chasiv Yar in the eastern region of Donetsk, a day after Russia said its troops controlled districts in the strategic city.

Chasiv Yar stands on the highlands. If they fully control the city, Russian troops have the potential to use it as a preparation post to advance west towards the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Ukraine.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, July 3, its troops had taken control of the Novyati district, which is located west of the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canal that crosses the eastern part of the city.

"Being impractical to defend the canal area after the enemy entered it, as it threatens the lives and health of our soldiers and the positions of our defenders are destroyed," military spokesman Nazar Voloshyn told Ukrainian television.

The command decided to retreat to a more protected and ready position, but even there the enemy did not stop his active combat action, he said.