Death toll from Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih rises to four, with two people injured in oblast

A woman who was injured in the Russian strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih on 23 June has died in hospital. Two people have been injured in Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Source: Oleksandr Vilkul, Head of Kryvyi Rih Defence Council; Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council

Quote from Vilkul: "The death toll from yesterday's missile strike on our city has risen to four. A 62-year-old woman died from multiple fatal injuries overnight despite doctors fighting to save her life to the end."

Details: Vilkul added that the number of people injured in the strike had increased to 27.

"The parents of a four-year-old child sought medical treatment in the evening. As of this morning, 17 people remain in hospital in the city, including one in a critical condition, one in a very serious condition and two in a serious but stable condition," Vilkul said.

The Russians conducted nearly 20 drone attacks on three districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast over the past day. A 46-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man were injured in the Pokrovske hromada in the Nikopol district. An office building, a minibus and infrastructure were damaged. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

A high-rise residential building, a house and an outbuilding were damaged in the Pavlohrad district, while a café, a petrol station and cars were damaged in the Synelnykove district.

Background: Russian forces conducted a missile strike on Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 23 June. Initially, three people were reported to have been killed and 25 injured.

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