Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih kills 18, including nine children; injures 61

Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih kills 18, including nine children; injures 61

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The number of people injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih has risen to 61. Eighteen people have been killed, including nine children.

Serhii Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports.

"Sixty-one people were injured in the missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, including 12 children," he wrote.

Lysak noted that 40 people remain hospitalized, while the rest are receiving outpatient care.

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Late on Friday, April 4, Russian forces carried out a ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. The attack killed 18 people, nine of them children.

Additionally, around 20 apartment buildings, more than 30 vehicles, and other civilian infrastructure were damaged in the strike.

Photo: Serhii Lysak / Telegram

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