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

Quote: "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: Eight people were injured.

"An 84-year-old woman has been taken to hospital in a critical condition. A 49-year-old woman and two boys aged 6 and 15 have been hospitalised with injuries of moderate severity. Others will receive outpatient treatment," Hanzha said.

Two more people – a 26-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman – were injured in Russian attacks on the Nikopol district. A petrol station was also damaged.

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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