Twelve killed and 40 injured, including children, in Russian attack on Ukraine – photos, video

Viktoriia Shabranska - 7 October, 11:35

Photo: State Emergency Service of Chernihiv Oblast

As of 11:03, 12 people are known to have been killed and 40 injured in Russian attacks on several Ukrainian regions on the night of 6-7 October. The dead include an 8-year-old boy, and five children are among those injured in Pryluky.

Source: Ukraine's Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi on Telegram

Quote: "Search and rescue operations are currently underway at eight locations – in [the city of] Kyiv and Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv and Poltava oblasts. This massive terrorist strike on Ukrainian cities has killed 12 people. More than 40 civilians have been injured."

Photo: State Emergency Service of Kyiv

Details: A Russian attack on Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast killed six people, including an eight-year-old boy. Another 34 people were injured, including five children. The youngest person injured in the attack is a three-year-old girl.

Quote: "Sadly, today is a difficult day for everyone in the Interior Ministry system. A woman serving as a police officer was injured in the strike on Pryluky. Her husband, who until recently served with the police on the front line, and her mother were killed."

Details: Rescuers and police are continuing to search for missing people who may be trapped under the rubble of a destroyed five-storey building.

Mobile Interior Ministry service centres are also operating in Pryluky and Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast, where people can restore lost documents or deregister destroyed vehicles free of charge.

Photo: State Emergency Service of Poltava Oblast

Vyhivskyi noted that units from neighbouring oblasts are also being involved in dealing with the aftermath of the attack.

Background:

On the night of 6-7 October, Russian forces launched a massive attack on various Ukrainian regions.
In Pryluky, the Russians hit a high-rise residential building.
In the city of Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast, a residential area was hit and high-rise residential buildings were damaged.
As a result of a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, hits were recorded in the Obolonskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Podilskyi districts. Two people have been killed in the Darnytskyi district.
On the morning of 7 October, Russian forces attacked critical infrastructure facilities in the city of Oleksandriia in Kirovohrad Oblast, injuring several people.

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