Strike on Kryvyi Rih shopping centre: two perfume shop employees among those killed
Two women who worked at a perfume shop – Valentyna Horb, 52, and her colleague Tetiana Mala – were among those killed in a Russian strike on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih on 21 August.
Source: DP Perfumum
Details: Valentyna's daughter said her mother was "an incredibly kind person" who used to rescue cats and loved perfume, Svoi. Kryvyi Rih reports.
"She knew everything about any perfume, even ones they didn't stock. Not many people could love it the way she did," Valentyna's daughter wrote. "And at home, her husband Hena – my dad – would be waiting for her. Today, for the first time in many years, he didn't pick her up from work in his car. Now all he has left is me and a broken heart.
She adored cats – we have several at home. She also dreamed of visiting the Carpathians and riding horses. Now we're on our own."
Valentyna's colleague Tetiana Mala died alongside her.
"DNA confirmation is still ongoing, but... our Tetiana is gone. It's hard to take it in, but tragically, that's the bitter truth. We'll remember her smiling and full of life!" Tetiana's loved ones wrote.
In addition, a 16-year-old girl was injured in the Russian attack as she was choosing a sweater in one of the shops on the ground floor.
Doctors Without Borders said the teenager sustained blast injuries, including a piece of shrapnel lodged in her forehead. She was taken to a hospital in Dnipro.
Paramedic Borys Mitiai said: "During transport her condition was stable, she was receiving oxygen, IV fluids and other necessary care. She also needed anaesthesia. After she was transported, doctors urgently prepared her for surgery to remove the shrapnel from her forehead."
Background:
- On the afternoon of 21 August, Russian forces launched two drone attacks on the largest shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, causing a fire to break out inside the building.
- It was initially reported that 16 people had been killed and 130 had been injured, but the number injured later rose to 140. As of the morning of 23 August, 50 people are in hospital, with six patients in a very serious condition.
- Nine people, including two children, are missing.
- Among those killed were Olena Lavrentieva, 41, who worked as a sales consultant at the Stolychna Jewellery Factory, and Andi shop manager Diana Paslavska, 36.
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