In Nikopol, a 16-year-old boy found an enemy drone on the ground, picked it up, and started disassembling it. The drone exploded – the teenager sustained shrapnel wounds and was hospitalized. Mykola Lukashuk, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, reported the incident.
Lukashuk appealed to residents and urged parents to explain to their children: suspicious objects, drones, and their fragments should not be approached or touched – they pose a danger to life and health.
What to do if you find a suspicious object
The National Police Directorate in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast reminds that fragments, ammunition, and other explosive objects often remain at the sites where missiles and drones fall. Even if an object appears damaged or outwardly harmless, it can pose a real threat – do not attempt to assess the degree of danger yourself.
The police have outlined a clear course of action in such situations:
do not approach the object and do not touch it with your hands;
do not move it or try to disassemble it;
move to a safe distance;
call 102 and report the exact location or landmarks;
warn people nearby and keep children away;
wait for specialists and follow their instructions.
