Russian strikes in Dnipro set power plant ablaze and hit homes, hospital and police station
Russia’s overnight attack turned Dnipro into a focal point, with a large fire at the Prydniprovska power plant, a partially collapsed apartment building and damage to a hospital and police department in the Samarskyi district. More than 200,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast lost power.
Dnipro absorbed some of the heaviest combined civilian and infrastructure damage in Russia’s 3 November strike wave, with a key power plant burning, apartments shattered and local services hit.
The Prydniprovska Thermal Power Plant was a main target. Reporting from monitoring channels and local officials says the plant was struck by about 11 Kh‑101 cruise missiles, six Iskander‑M ballistic missiles and four Kn‑23 ballistic missiles. A large fire broke out, and the facility was described as seriously damaged. Two of the Kh‑101s were reported to have carried cluster warheads, designed to disperse submunitions over a broad area.
These strikes contributed to widespread power loss. More than 200,000 residents in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast were left without electricity after at least 25 missiles of various types hit the Prydniprovska and Kryvyi Rih thermal power plants combined, with roughly 21 of them striking Prydniprovska.
Within the city, the damage extended well beyond energy infrastructure. In Dnipro’s Samarskyi district, officials reported that, alongside the hit on a thermal power plant, there were strikes on a residential quarter, a police department and a hospital. The mayor said search‑and‑rescue operations were underway at the scene. Initial figures cited five injured, including two elderly men aged 80 and 81 in serious condition.
A separate report said a residential apartment building in Dnipro partially collapsed after a Kh‑101 cruise missile attack on the city. It remained unclear whether the building was directly struck or damaged by falling debris. There were concerns that civilians could be trapped under the rubble, but no confirmed numbers were available. Other Ukrainian sources said one building in the city had been “literally split in half,” without specifying if this referred to the same structure.
Throughout the morning, updates described repeated impacts on the thermal power plant in Dnipro and more explosions in the city, with smoke rising after Kh‑101 impacts.
Dnipro is a key logistical and industrial center for Ukraine, so severe damage to its power plant and local services has both humanitarian and operational consequences.
The most important developments to track now are how quickly electricity can be restored in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, what rescuers report from damaged residential buildings, and whether Russian forces return to strike the same energy facilities while repairs are underway.
Sources
- OSINT