A Ukrainian city 100 miles north of a major flashpoint of fighting on the frontline has been measured as the most dangerous city in eastern Europe.
While thousands of British-trained Ukrainian soldiers advance on Russian specialist airborne units south of Robotyne, Zaporizhzia Oblast, in what is emerging as the main axis of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, the city of Dnipro to the north has been judged as the most crime-ridden region in eastern Europe.
Receiving a crime index of 54.2 (out of 100), Dnipro has been described as a hotbed for “pickpocketing, scams, and even violent crime”.
But what was once a popular tourist destination for backpackers and adventurers is now a complete no-go travel zone that has suffered countless Russian missile strikes.
Three major attacks in 2023 – in January, June and July – have killed at least 47 people and wounded nearly a hundred more in the wider area of Dnipro.
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Travel websites warn against travelling to anywhere in Ukraine while the Russian full-scale invasion is ongoing.
But prior to Vladimir Putin’s illegal war, Dnipro city, which was a largely Russian-speaking area, was already regarded as the sixth most dangerous place in Europe and the most crime-ridden in the eastern regions of the continent.
The city is described as having “a lot of organised crime and corruption”, as well as instances of petty theft, according to the travel website The Boutique Adventurer.
Tourists were advised to “stay away from secluded locations at night” and avoid “any kind of political demonstrations that could lead to violence or arrest”.
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Travel to the city is now completely unadvised as the risk of death has significantly increased.
At the start of the year, on January 14, Russia fired a nuclear-capable 5,600kg cruise missile at an apartment block in Dnipro.
The X-22 bomb, which is designed to destroy military ships, killed at least 45 people in what European Council president Charles Michel described as a “war crime”.
At the time, Ukrainian officials acknowledged there was little hope of finding anyone who survived the attack but was stuck in the rubble, which numbered in the dozens.
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