Editing Dnipro (section)

==== 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ====
{{See also|Dnipro strikes (2022–present)}}
[[File:Russian warship, go F yourself. Tablo.jpg|thumb|The slogan "[[Russian warship, go fuck yourself]]" displayed on a bus stop in Dnipro in February 2022.]]
In the wake of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] on 24 February 2022, and with developing military fronts near [[Kyiv]] and to the [[Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine|north]], [[Eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine|east]] and [[Southern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine|south]], Dnipro has become a logistical hub for humanitarian aid and a reception point for people fleeing the war. Roughly equidistant from the war's major theatres in the [[Eastern Ukraine campaign|east]] and the [[Southern Ukraine campaign|south]], the city's location is proving critical for supplying the Ukrainian defence effort.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} At the same time, its control of a [[Dnieper River]] crossing and the opportunity it would provide to cut off Ukrainian forces in the [[Donbas]] makes the city a high-value target for the Russians.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-05 |title=Націлився на Дніпро: названо нову ймовірну мету кремлівського фюрера в Україні |trans-title=Targeted at the Dnieper: the Kremlin Fuhrer's new probable target in Ukraine has been named |url=https://ukrainenews.fakty.ua/399367-nacelilsya-na-dnepr-nazvana-novaya-veroyatnaya-cel-kremlevskogo-fyurera-v-ukraine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406074849/https://ukrainenews.fakty.ua/399367-nacelilsya-na-dnepr-nazvana-novaya-veroyatnaya-cel-kremlevskogo-fyurera-v-ukraine |archive-date=6 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=ukrainenews.fakty.ua |language=uk}}</ref>

Dnipro is reported as the only city in Ukraine where a volunteer formation has been created under direct control of the [[Dnipro City Council]]. It is called the "Dnieper Guard" (Варти Дніпра, Varty Dnipra). The mayor of Dnipro, [[Borys Filatov]] has dismissed suggestions that the group remained [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi]]'s "private army". Kolomoyskyi has helped with some equipment purchases, but the force performs defence and law and order functions under the leadership of the [[National Police of Ukraine|national police]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Горбань |first=Аліна |date=5 April 2022 |title=В університеті у Дніпрі розпочали тренінг домедичної підготовки |url=https://suspilne.media/225425-u-dnipropetrovskomu-universiteti-rozpocali-trening-domedicnoi-dopomogi-v-umovah-vijni/? |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |language=uk}}</ref>

[[File:Dnipro after Russian shelling, 2022-09-29 (01).jpg|thumb|Dnipro city after Russian shelling in the night on 29 September 2022.]]
The Russians first hit Dnipro on 11 March. Three air strikes close to a kindergarten and an apartment building killed at least one person.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilbody-Dickerson |first=Claire |date=11 March 2022 |title=Zelensky calls Russia a 'terrorist state' after Dnipro and Lutsk hit by missiles for first time |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/world/ukraine-war-dnipro-lutsk-zelenksy-russia-terrorist-state-1511123 |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> On 15 March, Russian missiles hit [[Dnipro International Airport]], destroying the runway and damaging the terminal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Окупанти зруйнували злітну смугу аеропорту "Дніпро" |url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2022/03/15/684055/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=Економічна правда |language=uk}}</ref> In the early hours of 6 April, an air strike destroyed an oil depot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Росіяни обстріляли нафтобазу і завод на Дніпропетровщині, – ОВА – новини Дніпра |url=https://dnipro.depo.ua/ukr/dnipro/rosiyani-obstrilyali-naftobazu-i-zavod-na-dnipropetrovshchini-ova-202204061437211 |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=www.depo.ua |language=uk}}</ref> On 10 April, a Ukrainian government spokesperson said that the airport in Dnipro had been "completely destroyed" as the result of a Russian attack.<ref>{{cite news | last =Agence Press-France | first = | title =Ukraine Claims Russia Has "Completely Destroyed" Dnipro Airport: Dnipro has been targeted by Russian forces since the Russian invasion but has so far been spared major destruction. | newspaper =[[NDTV]] | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =10 April 2022| url =https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ukraine-claims-russia-has-completely-destroyed-dnipro-airport-2875866 | access-date =11 April 2022 }}</ref> On 15 July, a Russian missile attack killed four people and injured sixteen others in Dnipro.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=Удар по Дніпру: кількість загиблих зросла до 4 |trans-title=Strike on the Dnieper: death toll rises to 4 |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/07/18/7358807/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718230144/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/07/18/7358807/ |archive-date=2022-07-18 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=uk}}</ref>

As part of the [[Derussification in Ukraine|derussification campaign]] that swept through Ukraine following the February 2022 invasion 110 toponyms in the city were "de-Russified" from February to September 2022.<ref name="DniproSBS7368431"/> The renaming started on 21 April when 31 streets connected to Russia were renamed. In May another 20 streets were renamed, followed by 21 more streets and alleys in June 2022.<ref name="TISHCHENKO7355463">{{cite web |author=Tishchenko |first=Kateryna |date=29 June 2022 |title=Дерусифікація: у Дніпрі з'явилися вулиці Азовсталі й Морської піхоти |trans-title=Derusification: Azovstal and Marine streets have appeared in Dnipro |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/06/29/7355463/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=Ukrainian}}</ref> According to Dnipro's Mayor [[Borys Filatov]] (speaking on 21 September 2022) "this is not the end."<ref name="DniproSBS7368431"/> Among other renamings, the Schmidt Street (the street was originally the Gymnasium Street but it was renamed to [[Otto Schmidt]] Street by Soviet authorities in 1934<ref name="streetsarticle98Markova">{{cite web |author=L.M. Markova|title=About the renaming of streets in the city of Katerynoslava – Dnipropetrovsk in the 1920s and 1930s|url=https://gorod.dp.ua/history/article_ua.php?article=98|website=gorod.dp.ua|access-date=16 October 2022|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>) in the center of Dnipro was renamed to [[Stepan Bandera]] Street.<ref name="DniproSBS7368431">{{cite web |date=21 September 2022 |title=У центрі Дніпра з'явилася вулиця Степана Бандери – мер |trans-title=In the center of Dnipro, the street of Stepan Bandera appeared – the mayor |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/09/21/7368431/ |access-date=16 October 2022 |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|On 16 November 2022 [[Pushkin]] Avenue in the city center of Dnipro was renamed [[Lesya Ukrainka]] Avenue.<ref name="news-dnipro-pushkin-32180120"/>|group=nb}} In May 2022 (also) several outdoor objects related to the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] were dismantled in Dnipro.<ref name="dniprodemontazh31832051">{{cite news |title=The "Zhukov Square" stele and other objects related to the USSR were dismantled in Dnipro (photo)|url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-dekomunizatsiya-dnipro-demontazh/31832051.html|website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=3 May 2022|access-date=16 December 2022|language=Ukrainian|last1=Свобода |first1=Радіо }}</ref><ref name="7343701BALACHUKmemorials"/> In December 2022 Dnipro removed from the city all monuments to figures of [[Russian culture]] and [[History of Russia|history]].<ref name="nmMGmDnipro7379537">{{cite web |date=6 December 2022 |title=У Дніпрі приберуть з публічного простору пам'ятники Пушкіну, Ломоносову, Горькому - міськрада |trans-title=Monuments to Pushkin, Lomonosov, and Gorky will be removed from public space in Dnipro – city council |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/12/6/7379537/ |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=Ukrainian}}<br />{{cite web |date=16 December 2022 |title=У Дніпрі демонтували пам'ятник Пушкіну |trans-title=A monument to Pushkin was dismantled in Dnipro |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/12/16/7381105/ |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=Ukrainian}}<br />{{cite web |author=Machula |first=Anton |date=16 December 2022 |title=У Дніпрі демонтували пам'ятники Пушкіна та Дубініна: кого ще знімуть з постаментів |trans-title=Pushkin and Dubinin monuments were dismantled in Dnipro: who else will be removed from the supplies |url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/u-dnipri-demontuvali-pam-yatniki-pushkina-ta-dubinina-kogo-shche-znimut-z-postamentiv |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=Informator |language=Ukrainian}}<br />{{cite web |author=Kabashi |first=Maria |date=26 December 2022 |title=У Дніпрі демонтували пам'ятник Горькому |trans-title=A monument to Gorky was dismantled in Dnipro |url=https://life.pravda.com.ua/culture/2022/12/26/252026/ |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Monuments to [[Alexander Pushkin]], [[Maxim Gorky]], [[Valery Chkalov]], [[Yefim Pushkin]] [[Volodia Dubinin]], [[Alexander Matrosov]] and [[Mikhail Lomonosov]] were removed from the public space of the city in December 2022.<ref name="nmMGmDnipro7379537"/>|group=nb}} On 22 February 2023 26 more streets were renamed.<ref name="dnipri-pereymenuvali-26">{{cite web |author=Rudenko |first=Stas |date=22 February 2023 |title=Маршала Малиновського залишається: у Дніпрі перейменували 26 вулиць |trans-title=Marshal Malinovsky remains: 26 streets were renamed in Dnipro |url=https://dp.informator.ua/uk/marshala-malinovskogo-zalishayetsya-u-dnipri-pereymenuvali-26-vulic |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=Informator |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

Dnipro [[Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)#2022|was hit]] during the [[Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)|autumn 2022 Russian missile strikes on critical infrastructure]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont |first1=Peter |last2=Higgins |first2=Charlotte |last3=Mazhulin |first3=Artem |date=10 October 2022 |title=Ukraine: multiple explosions hit central Kyiv and other cities |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/10/explosions-kyiv-ukraine-war-russia-crimea-putin-bridge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010085425/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/10/explosions-kyiv-ukraine-war-russia-crimea-putin-bridge |archive-date=10 October 2022 |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=Kyiv}}</ref> On 10 October three civilians were killed.<ref name="dnipromissilestrikes32075129">{{cite web |author=RFE/RL|title=Stunned Dnipro Residents Survey Damage From 'Horrific' Russian Missile Strikes|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/photos-dnipro-residents-survey-damage-russian-missile-strikes/32075129.html|website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=11 October 2022|access-date=11 October 2022|language=English}}</ref> On 18 October 2022 Russian missile strikes targeted the energy infrastructure of Dnipro.<ref name="17466DniproMS181022">{{Cite news |date=18 October 2022 |title=Man wounded, over 30 residential buildings damaged in Dnipro |url=https://en.lb.ua/news/2022/10/18/17466_man_wounded_over_30_residential.html |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241126190503/https://en.lb.ua/news/2022/10/18/17466_man_wounded_over_30_residential.html |archive-date=2024-11-26 |access-date=19 October 2022 |work=LB.ua}}<br>{{cite web |date=18 October 2022 |title=У Дніпрі пролунали вибухи – є руйнування критичної інфраструктури |trans-title=Explosions rang out in Dnipro – there is destruction of critical infrastructure |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/10/18/7372374/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=Ukrainian}}</ref> On 17 November 2022 23 people were injured.<ref name="Dnipro7376804MA">{{cite web |author=Balachuk |first=Iryna |date=17 November 2022 |title=Russian missile attacks on Dnipro: 23 people injured |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/11/17/7376804/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=English}}</ref> [[Dnipro strikes (2022–present)|The attacks continued]] in 2023.<ref name=Dnipromissile7384858>{{cite web |title=Russians hit multi-storey residential building in Dnipro city, destroy building section, people are under rubble|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/01/14/7384858/|website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]|date=14 January 2023|access-date=14 January 2023|language=English}}</ref> The most deadly of these attacks being the [[2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike|14 January 2023 missile strike on an apartment building]] that killed 40 people, injured 75 and with 46 people reported missing.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 January 2023 |title=Attack on Dnipro: death toll rises to 40 people |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/01/16/7384991/ |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]}}</ref>