The apartments of the Pershyi Miskyi TV production editor Oleksandr Koptiev and Suspilne Dnipro cameraman Yuriy Tynnyi were damaged in the Russian air strike in Dnipro overnight on 2 June, the media professionals reported to Kateryna Lysiuk, the Institute of Mass Information representative in Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
There was a series of loud explosions at around 1:30 a.m. After that, Pershyi Miskyi TV editor Oleksandr Koptiev and his neighbours checked to see if any of the residents of the building were injured. An hour later, the were more strikes: a missile hit a house across the street. In the journalist’s apartment, the blast wave damaged a loadbearing wall, interior and entrance doors, as well as window frames. The roof of the two-story house built in 1948 was seriously damaged as well. The building has no gas or electricity supply now.
The roof is the biggest problem, Oleksandr Koptiev said.
“The house dates back to 1948, it’s a very old two-story house. These were once barracks built by German POWs. We have a big problem now with the roof. It is literally gone, there are literally only the wooden planks left. The utilities have switched off the gas supply, and it is unclear when it will be resumed,” the media worker said.
He added that experts have confirmed that the chimney was blocked but could not be cleared while the roof was in an emergency state. It is too dangerous to climb up there.
Some of the damage was quickly repaired, as there was a threat of the load-bearing wall collapsing.
“Due to the vibrations and people running around the floors addressing the consequences, the wall split, so to speak. Fortunately, someone agreed to repair it quickly, and, most importantly, we had the money for it. Thanks to donations and support from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, we raised some funds and are putting this wall in order,” the journalist said.
The apartment of the Suspilne Dnipro cameraman Yuriy Tynnyi was damaged on the same night along with the apartment where his ex-wife and son live. For one of the apartments, this is the second time it has been damaged in a Russian atttack over the past two weeks.
“In the apartment where I lived, the windows that had been temporarily boarded up were broken again, the plaster flaked off the walls, and the door was blasted out. If it was bad before, now it’s even worse. In the apartment where my ex-wife and son live, the blast tore out the windows and locks, broke one of the kitchen windows, crumbled the plaster on the ceiling, broke the front door, and damaged the interior doors. But it’s not critical, they put it all into a pile, and that’s all,” said Yuriy Tynnyi.
Yuriy Tynnyi added that in the building that was damaged by the blast wave for the second time, the roof was destroyed: one could see the sky through it. The cameraman noted that they have already learned from bitter experience and go to a bomb shelter immediately upon hearing the air raid alert.
As previously reported, the apartment of Suspilne Dnipro cameraman Yuriy Tynnyi was damaged in an overnight Russian strike on 18 May 2026.
