Seven injured and extensive damage recorded following Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih

Tetyana Oliynyk, Olha Hlushchenko - 3 July, 01:32

A firefighter working. Stock photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russia conducted a missile strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih on the evening of 2 July. The strike hit a densely built-up residential area between apartment blocks, injuring seven people.

Source: Oleksandr Vilkul, Head of Kryvyi Rih Defence Council, on Telegram

Quote: "The fires have been extinguished, but the emergency rescue operation is continuing – there is a huge amount of damage: windows, balconies, and gas and water supplies have been shut off.

A response headquarters will be set up in half an hour at the school opposite; local residents will know where it is."

Details: Vilkul reported two people had been taken to hospital in a moderate condition.

Update at 23:58: Vilkul said after 01:30 that the number of people injured had risen to seven.

Quote: "There are seven injured, three of them in hospital, in a moderate condition, not critical, thank God."

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