Russian forces strike Kryvyi Rih's largest shopping centre twice: 15 killed, 130 injured, including 23 children – photos, video

Russian forces attacked a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih with a double-tap drone strike on 21 August. The hits have killed 15 people and injured 130 others, including 23 children.

Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; Oleksandr Vilkul, Head of the Kryvyi Rih Defence Council; Office of the Prosecutor General; Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Update: At 21:32, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported that the death toll has risen to 15, while the number injured has increased to 130, including 23 children.

Twenty-nine people are in a serious condition, including five children.

Earlier, at 19:55, Hanzha reported that 14 people had been killed and 121 injured, including 22 children.

Details: The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that as of 16:30, Russia had launched a double-tap strike on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih.

The aftermath of the attack

Photo: Prosecutor's Office

Initially, Hanzha reported that the Russian strike had damaged a shopping centre, caused a fire at the scene and injured people.

The aftermath of the attack

Photo: National Police of Ukraine

Vilkul said the Russians attacked the city's largest shopping centre with a strike drone. He said many people appeared to have been injured at the scene.

Rescue workers dealing with the aftermath of the attack.

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

He later reported a second attack on the shopping centre.

Rescue workers dealing with the aftermath of the attack.

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote from Vilkul: "There's been a repeat attack on the shopping centre by a jet-powered Shahed [drone]. They are flying at extremely low altitudes.

Further strikes are possible."

A victim.

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

A search and rescue operation began following the attack. A fire broke out inside the shopping centre.

At 18:18, Hanzha reported that the number of people injured had risen to 91 and the death toll to five. He added that 21 of those injured were in a serious condition, including one child.

Smoke after the Russian attack

Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

Later, he also said that a man who sustained serious injuries during the Russian attack had died in hospital, therefore increasing the death toll to six.

Victims of the attack

Photo: Svoi. Kryvyi Rih

The prosecutor's office reported that the number of casualties had risen to 103, and Vilkul clarified that 11 children were among those injured. Twenty-seven people were reportedly in a serious condition, including three children.

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