Another three bodies recovered from under rubble in Kryvyi Rih, child among them
The death toll in Kryvyi Rih has risen to five; rescue workers have pulled three more bodies from under the rubble, including a child.
Source: Pershyi Miskyi ["The first in the city"], Kryvyi Rih media outlet, from the scene; State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Facebook, head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Serhii Lysak in a comment to local media
Update at 13:45: Vilkul said that four people were killed in the Russian missile attack as of noon, in particular, two men and a family − a 45-year-old mother and a 10-year-old girl.
Another 53 people were injured, including three children. Three victims are in severe condition, and one more is in critical condition.
Updated: A few minutes later, the media outlet reported two more deaths in Kryvyi Rih, bringing the total number of people killed in the morning attack to five.
As of 12:30, the State Emergency Service reported that four people had been killed and 43 injured.
Units of the State Emergency Service rescued three people, including a child born in 2013, and evacuated 30 people. The removal of the debris is ongoing.
Serhii Lysak, the Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, said the rescue workers recently pulled out from under the rubble the bodies of a man, a woman and a child of about 10 years old.
Pershyi Miskyi ["The first in the city"], Kryvyi Rih media outlet, reports that a 10-year-old girl had been killed. She lived with her mother on the eighth floor of the building hit by a Russian missile in the morning. They both were killed.
Earlier, Ihor Klymenko, the Minister of Internal Affairs, reported that five to seven people are still being searched for under the rubble; according to Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the city's Defence Council, at least eight people are being searched for.
Background:
- On the morning of 31 July, explosions rang out in Kryvyi Rih; the Russians launched a missile attack on the city, targeting a high-rise residential building.
- Russian forces attacked Kryvyi Rih using two ballistic missiles: one hit a residential high-rise building, and the other hit an educational institution. At first, it was reported that two residents had been killed and 34 had been injured. The rubble is being cleared and there may be people under it.
- In addition, on the morning of 31 July, Russian troops bombarded the centre of Kherson using Grad multiple-launch rocket systems, killing one civilian and injuring four others. The killed and injured are employees of the utility company of the Kherson City Council.
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