January 16, 2026
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A Russian drone struck Kryvyi Rih, damaged infrastructure – the government

A Russian drone targeted Kryvyi Rih, causing a fire and damage to infrastructure, local authorities report”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org

A Russian drone struck Kryvyi Rih, Yevhen Sytnychenko, the head of the district military administration, reported.

“In the afternoon, the enemy attacked the territory of Kryvorizka district. The UAV targeted the city of Kryvyi Rih. There was a fire. Firefighters eliminated it. The infrastructure was damaged,” he wrote in a telegram.

People were not injured.

The day before, as local politician Oleksandr Vilkul reported, in Kryvyi Rih an infrastructure facility was damaged after a massive drone attack, tens of thousands of people were left without electricity, and the high-speed tram, which functions as a subway in a city stretched for dozens of kilometers, will not be on the line in the morning.

Read also: In Kryvyi Rih, “energy workers did the almost impossible” – Vilkul

The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.

The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.

The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.

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