Three children and three adults killed in Russian missile strike near Kryvyi Rih – photos
Six people, including three children, have been killed in a Russian missile strike on a residential area in a suburb of Kryvyi Rih.
Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi on Telegram
Quote from Hanzha: "The enemy has launched a missile strike on the Novopillia hromada in the Kryvyi Rih district. Houses have been destroyed. Six people have been killed, including three children – a six-year-old girl and two boys aged 11 and 17." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Details: Meanwhile, Novopillia Village Council reported that four children were among those killed.
According to Hanzha, nine people were known to have been injured in the Russian attack on the Novopillia hromada as of midday.
"Six people are in hospital. This includes two children – two boys aged 6 and 15. Doctors assess their condition as moderate. A search and rescue operation is underway at the scene of the Russian attack," the head of the military administration said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the Russians had struck the settlement of Radushne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with a missile, and that a couple and their three children had been killed there.
Update: Vyhivskyi later reported that the police had received information about several people missing.
"We have early reports on several people missing – all the appropriate units are making every effort to search for them. Identification of the body parts found is also underway," the minister said.
Background: It was reported earlier that a Russian missile had hit a house in a suburb of Kryvyi Rih, killing two children and four adults and injuring eight people.
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