A Russian FPV drone strike on Nikopol (Dnipropetrovsk oblast) on 28 October damaged the editorial office of the local newspaper Pivdenna Zorya. None of the media workers were injured, chief editor Inna Shvydka reports to the Institute of Mass Information representative in Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
According to Inna Shvydka, the drone hit the corner of the building on the side where the newspaper’s office is located.
“It’s good that the drone attack occurred in the evening this time, when there was no one in the office. And again, like in 2022, the only window in our office was damaged. This FPV drone hit the corner of the building, right on our side. And the shell had some very weird stuffing: it pierced the glass, the film, and the plywood panels, damaged the interior door to the hallway and the furniture. Most importantly, it flew through everything and exploded in the hallway. You can see more damage there. This is most likely some new type of ammunition, it ‘flies’ differently than a regular shrapnel piece,” she said.
The chief editor added that the household appliances in the office had taken some damage. As with the previous strike that the office suffered in 2022, the team does not plan to install a new window, because they consider it impractical. Nikopol and the Nikopol district have been under constant shelling for the past three years since the start of the full-scale invasion.
“As I wrote in my July article, on the third anniversary of the start of the regular shelling of Nikopol, ‘this is how an iron spirit is tempered.’ And so it is, because, in my opinion, prolonged exposure to shelling builds character,” Inna Shvydka said.