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98% burns: 20-year-old girl who came under rocket fire in Vinnytsia has died

Thursday, 21 July 2022, 11:09

Yana Osadcha

 20-year-old Olga Lysenko, who suffered severe burns during a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia on 14 July 2022, has died in hospital.

This brings the death toll in the city to 26, reported Serhii Borzov, the head of the Vinnytsia Oblast Military Administration.

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On 14 July, Olga was in Peremohy Square at 10:40. She was on her way home from the dentist. She suffered burns on 98% of her body.

Doctors were unable to save her life.

Photo: Serhii Borzov

There are currently 54 wounded and injured people in hospital in Vinnytsia as a result of the Russian missile strike on the city.

Pavlo Kovalchuk, a paediatric neurologist at the Neuromed clinic which came under fire, is being treated abroad.

Eight patients have been transferred to Lviv and will be sent to other European countries for treatment later.

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