Strike on Kryvyi Rih shopping centre: two perfume shop employees among those killed
Two employees of a perfume shop – 52-year-old Valentyna Horb 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 rescued cats and loved perfume, Svoi. Kryvyi Rih reports.
"She knew everything about any perfume, even ones they didn't have in stock. Not many people could love it the way she did," Valentyna's daughter wrote. "And at home, her husband Hena – my dad – was waiting for her. Today, for the first time in many years, he didn't pick her up from work by car. Now all he has left is me and a broken heart.
What she loved most were 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 believe, but sadly, that's the bitter truth. We'll remember her smiling and full of life!" the woman's loved ones wrote.
In addition, a 16-year-old girl was injured in the Russian attack while she was choosing a sweater in one of the shops on the shopping centre's ground floor.
The humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders said the teenager sustained blast injuries, including a piece of shrapnel lodged in her forehead. She was transported to a hospital in Dnipro.
"During transport her condition was stable, she was receiving oxygen, IV fluids and other necessary care. She also needed anaesthesia. After being transported, doctors urgently prepared her for surgery to remove the shrapnel from her forehead," said paramedic Borys Mitiai.
Background:
- On the afternoon of 21 August, Russian forces attacked the largest shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih with drones twice, sparking a fire 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 receiving hospital treatment, with six patients in a very serious condition.
- Nine people, including two children, have gone missing.
- Among those killed were 41-year-old Olena Lavrentieva, who worked as a sales consultant at the Stolychna Jewellery Factory, and 36-year-old ANDI shop manager Diana Paslavska.
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